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Course Description: AEC Daily: Ligature-Resistant Patient Safety Hardware
ONGOING - FREE - 1.0 HOUR
Risks of self harm and suicide are inherent in behavioral health facilities. The common areas for concern in psychiatric inpatient units are ligature attachment points that present a hanging risk. In this course we review the evolution of patient safety hardware with a focus on ligature-resistant hardware designed to prevent the opportunity for self harm.
Explain how a lockset can be used for ligature attachment and the importance of using ligature-resistant patient safety hardware in psychiatric facilities.
Define the three categories that pertain to room risk assessment.
Discuss the evolution of patient safety hardware designed to minimize the risks of self harm, contraband, and barricade.
Define the specification considerations of patient safety hardware that need to be factored in the design of behavioral health environments.