JCAHO issues revised restraint standards.
Last month, JCAHO released revisions to its restraint and seclusion standards. The organization says the revisions are designed 'to restrict the uses of restraints and seclusion to emergency situations in which there is imminent risk that the individual may physically harm himself or others.' The standards require that a licensed independent practitioner evaluate adult patients within four hours of restraints being applied.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D002648:Child; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States