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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to recognize the Safety and Security | ||||||
4 | Department at Presence Mercy Medical Center for its work in | ||||||
5 | keeping the staff of the medical center safe; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Healthcare workers are at a high risk of violent | ||||||
7 | assault and crime at work, with 48% of all non-fatal injuries | ||||||
8 | from 1996 to 2000 inflicted upon healthcare and social services | ||||||
9 | workers; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Workplace violence accounts for approximately 900 | ||||||
11 | deaths and 1.7 million incidents of non-fatal assaults in the | ||||||
12 | United States each year; sources estimate that nurses and other | ||||||
13 | healthcare workers are assaulted more frequently than any other | ||||||
14 | worker group in the United States; and
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15 | WHEREAS, In an effort to reduce violence at Presence Mercy | ||||||
16 | Medical Center, Security and Safety manager Douglas Kaiser and | ||||||
17 | Security Sergeants Robert Lea, Christian Pfister, and Darin | ||||||
18 | Northern have planned ahead by being prepared to act swiftly to | ||||||
19 | deal with threats, intimidation, and other disruptive behavior | ||||||
20 | at an early stage; one effort being made at Presence Mercy | ||||||
21 | Medical Center is to provide the members of their security | ||||||
22 | department with effective training to deal with or identify |
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1 | potential violence problems; and
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2 | WHEREAS, The Safety and Security Department at Presence | ||||||
3 | Mercy Medical Center also believe that training is a critical | ||||||
4 | component of any prevention strategy for staff, supervisors, | ||||||
5 | and other employees; after seeing the need for a vigorous | ||||||
6 | training effort, 100% of the officers within the Security | ||||||
7 | Department have studied, tested, and received certification | ||||||
8 | for basic level training for Healthcare Safety and Security | ||||||
9 | Officers by the International Association for Healthcare | ||||||
10 | Security and Safety in a period of less than a year; in | ||||||
11 | addition, 92% of the department's members have studied, tested, | ||||||
12 | and received certification for advanced level training and 83% | ||||||
13 | of the department is certified at the supervisory level; the | ||||||
14 | department is also qualified to apply for the prestigious | ||||||
15 | International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety | ||||||
16 | "Program of Distinction", which very few healthcare facilities | ||||||
17 | have achieved; and
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18 | WHEREAS, The Safety and Security Department at Presence | ||||||
19 | Mercy Medical Center consists of Manager Doug Kaiser, Sergeant | ||||||
20 | Robert Lea, Sergeant Christian Pfister, Sergeant Darin | ||||||
21 | Northern, Officer Kendra Cowper, Officer Dan Nichol, Officer | ||||||
22 | Jim Rees, Officer Victor Jimenez, Officer Miguel Saenz, Officer | ||||||
23 | Kerry Haggard, Officer Tom Greiner, Officer David Oliver, and | ||||||
24 | Officer Nora Rodriguez; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, The Safety and Security Department at Presence | ||||||
2 | Mercy Medical Center serves as a model of hard work, integrity, | ||||||
3 | and dedication for the people of the State of Illinois; | ||||||
4 | therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
6 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
7 | we recognize the Safety and Security Department at Presence | ||||||
8 | Mercy Medical Center for its work in keeping the staff of the | ||||||
9 | medical center safe and wish them continued success in the | ||||||
10 | future; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to the Safety and Security Department at Presence | ||||||
13 | Mercy Medical Center as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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