Governor Kate Brown joined Oregon’s hospitals, doctors’ organizations, nurses’ organization, and organized labor groups in announcing a new workplace violence prevention toolkit. The toolkit was designed collaboratively, and when implemented in Oregon’s hospitals it will increase worker safety. The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, the Oregon Nurses Association, the Service Employee International Union – Local 49, the Oregon Medical Association, the Oregon Emergency Nurses Association, the Oregon Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Northwest Organization of Nurse Executives, and the Oregon Center for Nursing all endorse this new, comprehensive approach and see implementation of the toolkit as a key step in prevent worker injuries due to violence.