Workplace Violence
Additional Possible Solutions
- Limit access to emergency department area and personnel, by implementing:
- A waiting room area with controlled access to emergency department area. Patients must be buzzed in by receptionist from a secure door.
- emergency department exits that exit out only, so people off the streets can't access the emergency department unless they enter through the waiting room area.
- The use of metal detectors.
- Provide a "secure" room for patients identified to be violent. This room could include controls such as:
- video camera surveillance
- visual surveillance with a window
- door locks on patient rooms
- bed with tie down straps
- locked cabinets
- furniture and equipment attached to the floor so patients can't throw them at employees
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2-3. What is a possible solution emergency departments can implement to reduce workplace violence?
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