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This case study excerpted from a white paper by HSS, Denver, CO, demonstrates how an integrated approach to addressing the problem of violence in healthcare through staff training and adopting environmental controls can significantly improve employee safety, business measures and practices, and allow staff to focus on providing high quality patient-focused care. For the complete white paper, go to the following link: http://hss-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/EDSafe-TEAM-Methodist-White-Paper-2014. pdf.
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Patients , Safety Management/organization & administration , Security Measures , Violence/prevention & control , Humans , Inservice Training , Organizational Case Studies , Organizational Culture , Organizational Objectives , Organizational Policy , Surveys and Questionnaires , TexasABSTRACT
In this article, the authors maintain that if properly used by trained security officers Taiser CEWs result in significant reductions in injuries and reduction in costs by type of injury. HSS's security officers have carried Taser CEW's in hospitals for more than 10 years in 40 facilities across the country producing no negative CMS finding or excessive use of force claims, they report.
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Electroshock/instrumentation , Health Facilities , Law Enforcement , Safety Management/methods , Security Measures , Weapons , Workplace Violence/prevention & control , Humans , Organizational PolicyABSTRACT
This article discusses an important aspect of developing an incident plan for the threat of an incendiary device. The importance of integrating emergency services' providers into plan development and asking specific, detailed questions of first responders is critical in ensuring your plan is supportable and understood by all of the stakeholders involved.