Design, Planning and Management of the Hospital Custody Unit at Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón.

OBJECTIVE: The design and management of a Hospital Custody Unit at Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, to focus the aim of this study on specialized medical care for extra-penitentiary patients who have suffered from a disease. We are building a new space to facilitate their daily lives at hospital and we want to offer a double function to the patients that consists of a custody space and a health rehabilitation space. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We carried out a scientific literature search on the international and national databases, about Hospital Custody Units or Restricted Access Units. The language of the reviews that we checked was English and Spanish. RESULTS: We wrote the Action Guide of the Hospital Custody Unit for the design, planning and management of the Hospital Custody Unit at Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón. (We included complementary bibliographic material and the Quick Guide in the Unit). DISCUSSION: The Hospital Custody Unit will be compatible with medical activity, occupational safety and the custody of patients that are in prison. We thus require consensus with police departments about custody protocols along with assistance from the clinicians' teams at penitentiary centers and referral hospitals. Furthermore, it is important to step up special care for mental health and to promote telemedicine and new technologies to streamline medical care along with coordination with healthcare professionals.

Diseño, planificación y organización de la Unidad de Custodia Hospitalaria del Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón / Design, planning and management of the hospital custody unit at Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón

Objetivo: Diseñar y organizar la Unidad de Custodia Hospitalaria (UCH) en el Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón (HUFA), adecuada a los objetivos para la atención sanitaria especializada extrapenitenciaria de los internos que sufren una enfermedad, creando un entorno que facilita la vida diaria asistencial en el hospital y que responde a la doble función de lugar de custodia y espacio favorecedor de la rehabilitación de la salud. Material y método: Se realizó una búsqueda en la literatura científica en las bases de datos internacionales, así como nacionales sobre unidades de acceso restringido O unidades de custodia. Resultados: Diseño, planificación y organización de la Unidad de Custodia Hospitalaria del HUFA. Realización del Protocolo de Actuación de la Unidad de Custodia Hospitalaria del HUFA así como la Guía Rápida de Actuación para dicha Unidad. Discusión: La UCH va a permitir compatibilizar la actividad asistencial, la seguridad de los profesionales y la custodia de los pacientes privados de libertad. Para ello se requiere consensuar protocolos con los Cuerpos y Fuerzas de Seguridad del Estado y de asistencia entre los equipos sanitarios de los centros penitenciarios y del hospital de referencia, así como reforzar los cuidados especializados en salud mental e impulsar la telemedicina y las nuevas tecnologías para agilizar y acercar la prestación sanitaria y coordinar eficazmente el trabajo de los profesionales (AU)

Objective: The design and management of a Hospital Custody Unit at Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, to focus the aim of this study on specialized medical care for extra-penitentiary patients who have suffered from a disease. We are building a new space to facilitate their daily lives at hospital and we want to offer a double function to the patients that consists of a custody space and a health rehabilitation space. Material and methods: We carried out a scientific literature search on the international and national databases, about Hospital Custody Units or Restricted Access Units. The language of the reviews that we checked was English and Spanish. Results: We wrote the Action Guide of the Hospital Custody Unit for the design, planning and management of the Hospital Custody Unit at Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón. (We included complementary bibliographic material and the Quick Guide in the Unit). Discussion: The Hospital Custody Unit will be compatible with medical activity, occupational safety and the custody of patients that are in prison. We thus require consensus with police departments about custody protocols along with assistance from the clinicians’ teams at penitentiary centers and referral hospitals. Furthermore, it is important to step up special care for mental health and to promote telemedicine and new technologies to streamline medical care along with coordination with healthcare professionals (AU)