title: A survey to determine the long-term effects of reductions in security staff on the safety and security of employees, patients, and visitors.
abstract: After reviewing the results of 146 surveys from U.S. hospital safety and security managers, the author found that departments experiencing staff reductions over the last two years reported significant increases in crime, increased officer response time, lower morale, and increased dissatisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Parma Community General Hospital, OH, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lyons
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009013:Morale; D010361:Patients; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014789:Visitors to Patients; D000078329:Workforce