Psychiatric hospital challenges for healthcare security officers.
Security and Safety managers in today's healthcare facilities need to use creative thinking and resourcefulness, to juggle competing issues in psychiatric hospitals, wards, or units. Using a 3-step process of accountability, access control, and scenario exercises, these managers can mitigate the real-world risk assessment discoveries that might not be evident in well-documented facility policies, staff training, or even written surveys.
White
Donald E
DE
Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Falls Church, VA, USA.
D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D011329:Prisoners; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States; D014789:Visitors to Patients