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 ...
The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's ombudswoman released a damning report Tuesday on the province's use of seclusion rooms and physical restraints in adult psychiatric facilities, practices she said ...