OSHA 3148 Update
Healthcare and social service workers face significant risks of job-related violence and it is OSHA’s mission to help employers address…
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Conducted Electrical Weapons in the Healthcare Environment
Conducted Electrical Weapons – also called Conducted Electrical Devices – are more commonly known as stun guns or TASERs (the…
Verbal De-escalation of the Agitated Patient
Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA De-escalation Workgroup ABSTRACT: Agitation is an acute behavioral emergency…
Crime in Hospitals
Increasingly, we’re seeing crimes occurring in hospitals by people who “look” like they belong. Scrubs or lab coats are the…
Shootings in Hospitals
A new study entitled, Hospital-Based Shootings in the United States: 2000 to 2011, concludes “Although it is likely that not every…
Hospital Crimes, as reported to Joint Commission, Continues to Rise
Criminal Events (Assaults, Rapes, and Homicides), reported to TJC, increased from 28 in 2010 to 49 in 2011 Joint…