Patient restraint: a new philosophy.
In 1992, The Toronto Hospital (Western Division) established a safety task force to examine the ethics of restraining patients. The task force developed tools to assess the need for restraint in consultation with other disciplines, the patient, and family. A six-week pilot study evaluated restraint devices and tested assessment methods for patients whose behaviour puts them or others at risk of injury. A subsequent study found that these assessment tools were applicable to the ICU setting.
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D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000592:standards; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000592:standards; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000592:standards; D009462:Neurology; D009864:Ontario; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000295:instrumentation; D012449:Safety; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires