CMS Warns Hospitals to Prioritize Patient, Employee Security
CMS’ policy on improving hospital patient and worker safety is effective immediately.
CMS’ policy on improving hospital patient and worker safety is effective immediately.
Here’s some more research on hospital workplace violence, as well as information on three more incidents that happened recently.
Last year and this year appear to continue 2020’s trend of increased assaults on hospital workers.
The protest group, which calls itself “The Ekklesia Oklahoma,” falsely claims Mercy Hospital’s workers are murderers and Nazis.
The workplace violence incidents involve suspects biting and punching security officers and nurses.
Authorities say the Duke shooting was prompted by a struggle between the man and Durham officers. The man was able to take away the gun of one of the officers.
The pipe bomb was discovered by staff members who were logging the patient’s belongings after his admission to the hospital.
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Long wait times sometimes prompt the attacks. Nearly 88% of hospital beds in Texas are in use, with more than 21% occupied by COVID-19 patients.
The recent workplace violence incidents at McKay Dee Hospital are part of an escalating problem experienced by healthcare workers nationwide.
In this webinar, attendees will learn the observable behaviors people exhibit as they head down a path of violence so we can help prevent the preventable.
This discussion will help participants analyze, understand, and assess their own program effectiveness.