How an acute care hospital reduced workplace violence injuries by more than 50 percent in a single year

The formation of well trained, organized, and supervised clinical staff working in collaboration with security officers, has resulted in a reduction of work-place violence injuries to staff, according to the authors. In addition, the rate of restraint deployment for disruptive patients has also been...

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Published inJournal of healthcare protection management Vol. 32; no. 2; p. 110
Main Authors Coss, Daniel J, Wilson, Patrice, Schultz, Barbara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.2016
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Summary:The formation of well trained, organized, and supervised clinical staff working in collaboration with security officers, has resulted in a reduction of work-place violence injuries to staff, according to the authors. In addition, the rate of restraint deployment for disruptive patients has also been reduced.
ISSN:0891-7930