The Joint Commission announced it has revised a standard for hospitals related to the use of restraints and a Laboratory Accreditation program requirement. Standard PC.03.05.19, element of performance ...
Reduction in the use of physical restraints was seen after implementation of an evidence-based intervention program. Between December 2024 and January 2025 no physical restraint episodes occurred in ...
The I-Team has learned the Massachusetts Dept. of Health wants to take away pepper spray and non-lethal restraints from Tewksbury State Hospital safety officers.
This week, Mad in America explores three studies related to the use of coercive psychiatric measures. The first finds that ...
A lawsuit brought against Los Angeles County on behalf of a mentally challenged man who was admitted to the hospital in 2021 for an ulcer of the esophagus and allegedly subjected to excessive force by ...
Thomas, 44, died after what a county autopsy report describes as an "altercation with staff" at the Tucson-area Sonora ...
The Allegheny County Jail is the only jail in Pennsylvania in which officers cannot use leg restraints to secure individuals from jail on a visit to the hospital because of a 2022 referendum. Sheriffs ...
A Massachusetts man has died after allegedly being place in a chokehold by a Cape Cod Hospital security guard. The Hyannis, Mass.-based hospital is denying any use of excessive force in the incident.
Decubitus ulcers caused by physical restraints and chemical restraints both cause the injured person to become dependent on the nursing staff We see no distinction between Stage III or Stage IV ...
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