title: Restraint-free care. Part 1: Legal and regulatory mandates. Part 2: Creating a restraint-free environment.
abstract: In response to the revised 1996 Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's restraint standards, many facilities are assessing and revising their current practice. Part 1 discusses the regulatory, legal and ethical dimensions of patient restraints. Part 2 describes one hospital's approach to promoting a restraint-free environment. As a result of this hospital's assessment, restraint use decreased 25% in intubated patients; 50% in nonintubated patients.
authors.affiliation: Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Rieth
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D005161:Facility Regulation and Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States