Patient restraint: choosing the proper equipment.
In response to the Ontario Hospital Association's position paper describing the use of restraints, the Toronto Hospital responded by developing a "least restraint" policy and procedure. In the developmental stages, various types of equipment were evaluated. This paper describes the equipment selected by the safety task force and the rationale for its use.
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D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012449:Safety