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Workplace Violence Prevention Program Policy

​Purpose: To outline Harris Health System's Workplace Violence Prevention Program, aiming to ensure a safe environment for patients, visitors, and workforce members. 
  1. Workplace Violence: Defined as acts or threats of physical force against workforce members that may result in physical injury or psychological trauma, including incidents involving firearms or other dangerous weapons.
  2. No Workforce Member may threaten or use force or violence to unlawfully restrain, coerce, abuse, harass, or intimidate any person on Harris Health's premises including parking areas. See Harris Health Policy and Procedure 6.39 Conflict Resolution in the Workplace for further guidance.
  3. Workforce members are responsible for ensuring all incidents of Workplace Violence are documented in the Harris Health Electronic Incident Reporting System (eIRS) or documented using downtime forms when the eIRS is not available.