title: Preventing hospital gun violence: best practices for security professionals to review and adopt.
abstract: Maintaining a safe, violence-free and therapeutic work place will become the greatest challenge for hospital security professionals, the author predicts, thanks to the surge in gun sales and the increase in gun violence. By recognizing this fact and adhering to best practices, we can greatly reduce the likelihood of gun violence in hospitals, he says. In this article, he presents 18 best practices that should be reviewed for offsetting and preventing such violence.
authors.affiliation: Security Services and Transportation Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sawyer
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005389:Firearms; D006761:Hospitals; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*