2025 Annual Safety & Compliance Training and Test

The Annual Safety and Compliance Packet provides a comprehensive review of essential safety practices, regulatory updates, and workplace expectations that apply across all programs within Tufts Medicine Care at Home. Completion of this packet and test ensures alignment with agency policy, CMS Conditions of Participation, OSHA standards, and Massachusetts and New Hampshire Department of Public Health requirements.

This year’s content reflects current standards in infection prevention, emergency preparedness, home safety, and employee health. It reinforces our shared responsibility to maintain a safe environment for patients, families, visitors, and staff—across home health, hospice, and inpatient hospice settings.

Completion Requirements

• All Care at Home staff must review the full packet and complete the accompanying online Safety Test and attestation by December 31, 2025.
• The Annual Compliance and Safety Training includes a Post-Test after packet review. Completion of this Post-Test serves as the staff member’s official documented completion of mandatory training.
• Passing score: 80% or higher. Staff may review materials and retest if needed.
• Completion of the Safety Test fulfills one of the mandatory annual competencies for continued employment and compliance.
• Test and attestation links will be posted once the final version of the packet is approved and uploaded.

Overview of the 2025 Safety Packet

• Infection Control & Standard Precautions – Updated CDC/OSHA guidance on hand hygiene, PPE, and exposure prevention.
• Emergency Preparedness – Local/agency protocols for weather events, utilities, evacuation.
• Home & Environmental Safety – Fire prevention, oxygen/electrical safety, fall prevention, environment risk assessment.
• Employee & Patient Safety Reporting – Incidents, near misses, and unsafe condition reporting pathways.
• Safe Handling & Ergonomics – Body mechanics, lifting techniques, assistive device use.
• Exposure & Post-Exposure Procedures – Immediate response, documentation, follow-up.
• Hazard Communication & Chemical Safety – Labels, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), storage.
• Workplace Violence & De-Escalation – Awareness, prevention, and response expectations.
• HIPAA & Patient Privacy – Privacy practices and safe electronic communication.

Updates for 2025

• Incorporation of OSHA respiratory protection updates and PPE disposal guidance.
• New content on secure electronic communication and mobile device safety.
• Refreshed fall prevention & ergonomics with home-specific scenarios.
• Updated emergency contact and reporting pathways across TMCAH service areas.

Please review the packet carefully and use it as a quick reference for daily safety practice. These shared standards protect both our staff and the communities we serve.

Note: The 2025 Safety Packet and test are being finalized. Once approved, they will be accessible via the “Safety & Compliance” section of the Skills 2025 website. Staff who have completed all other competencies are still required to submit the Safety Post-Test and attestation by December 31, 2025.