title: Here's how to prevent assaults on staff.
abstract: ED personnel experience the majority of all hospital assaults, and these attacks can have long-term effects on morale and productivity. OSHA regulations require you to provide staff with a safe working environment. You should have a plan to address security personnel issues, responses to specific scenarios, restraint techniques, and violence prevention. Strategies include flagging violence-prone individuals, using patient liaisons in the waiting areas, and ensuring that ED security officers have been trained to work in hospitals.
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D016272:Occupational Health; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*