Hospital Access Control

Can you afford to lose valuable staff, patients or accreditation to Hospital Violence?

Of course not. But that's what could happen if your hospital becomes part of these grim statistics:
• A study by the Emergency Association (ENA) points out that 86% of ED nurses "report recent violent experienced at work."
• Half of all nonfatal injuries resulting from workplace assaults occur in health care and social service settings, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• The American College of Emergency Physicians notes that"…violence no longer stops at the doors of an emergency department; it erupts in the waiting rooms and patient treatment areas."

Understanding the implications of The Joint Commission standards

The Joint Commission requires all healthcare facilities to create a security management plan that covers a stringent set of standards.
What are the risks of non-compliance?
• Putting your employees at risk for violent encounters with patients or visitors.
• Liability risk due to patients injured by violence in the hospital.
• Possible loss of accreditation due to non-compliance with The Joint Commission standards.

Important research could be sold to the highest bidder

• A Cleveland Clinic Foundation employee was working on a $2 million Alzheimer's research project where he helped develop designer genes called reagents.
• After more than 2 years of steady research, he stole DNA and cell line reagents from the lab, and destroyed the rest.
• The study was terminated.

Guards and patrols couldn't stop this intruder

• In September 2010, a distraught visitor walked into Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
• The campus is patrolled by 300 uniformed security guards and 100 off-duty Baltimore police officers.
• Yet the visitor managed to murder a patient and shoot a doctor before killing himself.
• The tragedy has renewed debate about security – and how to keep evil-doers out.

The reality is compliance is not an option.

Clinical care should always be the focus of your institution, but with increasing violence in healthcare facilities nationwide,
staff and patient safety and security concerns are increasing to high levels. Violent incidents have a significant longlasting
effect on health care workers in terms of lower morale, anger and loss of confidence on the job, as well as burnout, loss
time away from work, and disability.

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