Survey: Hospital Violent Crime Rate Up, Property Crime Rate Down in 2018
The latest IAHSS stats highlight both positive and negative trends in hospital crime and include data on ransomware attacks for the first time.
The latest IAHSS stats highlight both positive and negative trends in hospital crime and include data on ransomware attacks for the first time.
Three other nurses filed additional lawsuits against Kane County and received settlement money, bringing the total amount to $7.9 million.
The IAHSS released guidance this month to help hospitals handle patient and visitor violence.
The new mandate requires all acute-care hospitals and skilled-nursing facilities in California to have comprehensive workplace violence prevention plans.
Implementing certain policies and procedures at your hospital can make a big impact on workplace violence prevention efforts.
One informal workplace violence survey found that one in three nurses were kicked or hit.
A nurse at Newark’s University Hospital was stabbed in the abdomen during an attempted robbery when returning to her car.
The poll found 68 percent have experienced at least one incident of violence in the past year while 20 percent have experienced nine or more.
Additional metal detectors, security cameras and panic buttons have been installed throughout the hospital after the near-fatal stabbing of an ER nurse.
The assailant snuck into a secured area behind a housekeeping staff member and stabbed the victim in the back of the neck.
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