Health and Safety

Creating a safe and healthy work environment
 
At Toronto Rehab, keeping staff, patients and visitors safe and healthy is a priority.
 
Our Occupational Health and Safety team supports staff health through:
  • Ergonomics assessments
  • Daily/weekly blood pressure monitoring and support
  • Flu vaccine clinics
  • Workplace injury and illness prevention and management
  • Early and safe return-to-work programs
Our employee and family assistance and wellness programs provide further support, education and activities to help staff remain healthy and active.
 
Supporting a culture of safety
 
Our focus on a safe work environment includes a variety of initiatives to ensure staff can do their jobs safely:
  • Injury prevention program, including safety training, hazard analysis and risk assessments
  • Tracking and follow-up for all safety incidents
  • Hospital-wide prevention initiatives such as the “Take 5: Plan to be safe” campaign
  • Infection prevention and control initiatives
  • WHMIS education and training
  • Joint occupational health and safety committees