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Page 12 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023
55th anniversary
celebration in Hoodsport
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Mason Health hosted a 55th anniversary celebration and open house Saturday
at its Hoods-
port clinic. The event featured speakers, food and the unveiling of new
historical artwork at
the clinic. Clockwise from above, Terri Gushee, left, and Jennifer Mundy
look at a historical
photo in the lobby of the clinic. From left, hospital volunteer Wyatt Cafes
and Mundy admire
a skeleton on display in the lobby. Jennifer Capps, Mason Health chief
development and
communications officer, speaks to attendees. Journal photos by Shawna
Whe/an
Mason Health kicks off SafetyZones campaign
By Kirk Boxleitner
kbox/eitner@masoncounty com
Mason Health and eight other re-
gional hospital systems took steps this
summer to meet new statewide goals
aimed at creating safer workplaces.
Participating hospitals are work-
ing to reduce injuries and create saf-
er work environments by launching
safety campaigns for employees.
Those hoping to receive top per-
former status this year are re-
quired to inaugurate and complete
safety campaigns, running from Aug.
1 through Nov. 30, that focus their
employees’ attention on how to con-
duct themselves more safely at work.
Melissa McClaran acts as Mason
Health’s program manager of in—
fection prevention, and of employ—
ee health and safety. She deemed
workplace safety important because
hospital systems’ employees deserve
to feel cared for as much as they care
for patients.
“We want our employees to know
we’re looking out for them, as well as
for our patients,” McClaran said. “At
other hospitals, the emphasis on safe-
ty is often with patients, but we want
our employees to know this is a safe
environment for everybody.”
Members of Mason Health’s Safety
Committee hail from various hospital
departments and have been meeting
regularly to look at employee safety
matters.
This year’s campaign encourages
employees to report safety concerns
through a system called SafetyZones,
which provides employees with a
phone number and an online form to
call or fill out to alert the system to
safety matters.
McClaran the
said s afety
committee started this year’s cam-
paign with a Safety Fair on Aug. 2 at
Mason General Hospital for employ-
ees. The event included games about
scenarios that employees might en—
counter during a workday, asking em—
ployees whether they should report
each scenario through SafetyZones,
or if they should contact IT or mainte-
nance instead.
McClaran said the Safety Com—
mittee will remind employees about
the importance of SafetyZones each
month, while also tracking the num-
bers and types of safety incidents
reported.
SafetyZones is the reason Mason
Health has security guards around
the clock, throughout the week, and
why its stop signs now have flashing
lights, McClaran said.
“Those changes happened because
employees put in reports through
SafetyZones, and they were specific
about the issues that were happen-
ing,” McClaran said. “We encourage
SafetyZones for anything that affects
the safety of employees, visitors or
patients, including physical or verbal
abuse, or even people in our parking
lot who may be looking in cars.”
As each month’s SafetyZones data
is compiled, McClaran looks forward
to tracking the safety-improving ef-
fectiveness of Mason Health employ—
ees’ reports.
This campaign coincides with Ma-
son Health marking 55 years of serv-
ing patients and the community as
a licensed and accredited acute care
hospital with a Level 4 emergency
trauma designation, plus more than
100 physicians on staff working in 19
specialties.
For further details, go to tinyurl.
com/4b65sat2.