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Donovan, MD, and colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, describes the implementation of a comprehensive safety precautions protocol for ED patients at risk for self-harm.A multidisciplinary team developed the protocol to include several comprehensive safety precautions, including: * Creating safe bathrooms * Increasing the number and training of observers * Managing access to belongings * Managing clothing search or removal * Implementing additional interventions for exceptionally high-risk patients The researchers measured events of attempted self-harm for 12 months before and after the new safety precautions were enacted.Findings showed in the 12 months prior to the protocol initiation, among 4,408 at-risk patients, there were 13 episodes of attempted self-harm (2.95 per 1,000 at-risk patients) and 6 that resulted in actual self-harm (1.36 per 1,000 at-risk patients). In the 12 months after the protocol was introduced, among 4,523 at-risk patients, there were 6 episodes of attempted self-harm (1.33 per 1,000 at-risk patients) and only 1 that resulted in actual self-harm (0.22 per 1,000 at-risk patients).The researchers conclude that comprehensive safety precautions can be successfully developed and implemented in the ED and stress the importance of including multidisciplinary staff in the development of the safety precautions protocol.“We commend the use of a multidisciplinary approach to improve ED behavioral health processes and focus on a team-based methodology for patient safety, protocol development and education,” adds an accompanying editorial by Scott Zeller, MD and Seth Thomas, MD. “This recommended collaboration parallels recent best-practice guidelines for behavioral health patients in EDs as crafted by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Emergency Medicine Council.”The January issue is available free to the public through January 31, 2021. 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Donovan, MD; Emily L. Aaronson, MD, MPH; Lauren Black, RN, MS, CEN; Sara A. Fisher, RN, MSN, MEd, PMHCNS-BC; Suzanne A. Bird, MD; Theodore Benzer, MD, PhD; and Elizabeth S. Temin, MD, MPH. The article appears in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, volume 47, number 1 (January 2021), published by Elsevier.   The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety    The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety (JQPS) is a peer-reviewed journal providing health care professionals with innovative thinking, strategies and practices in improving quality and safety in health care. JQPS is the official journal of The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources, Inc. Original case studies, program or project reports, reports of new methodologies or the new application of methodologies, research studies, and commentaries on issues and practices are all considered._______________________________1 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. HCUP Statistical Brief 92. Mental Health and Substance Abuse-Related Emergency Department Visits Among Adults, 2007. Owens PL, Mutter R, Stocks C. Jul 2010. Accessed Sep 4, 2020. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb92.pdf. 2 Nolan JM, et al. Psychiatric boarding incidence, duration, and associated factors in United States emergency departments. J Emerg Nurs. 2015;41:57-64.Media Contact:    Katie Bronk    Corporate Communications     (630) 792-5175    [email protected]        View the multimedia news release... Read more.

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