ABSTRACT
Workers on the job injury protection in health care are seldom discussed as an ethical issue. Rather the real discussions are about money, return on investment, making a profi t, etc. If a prevention program is expensive and budgets for the program are not easily achievable, the program is seldom implemented and workers’ health and safety are sacrifi ced. Another denial apparatus used by health care systems to refuse to adequately fund health and safety for its employees is that it will take needed dollars away from patient safety programs. Th is attitude in itself is a self-defeating formula as published science now concludes employee safety is critical to controlling negative patient outcomes.1
