Surviving Hostage Situations in Healthcare Active Assailant Attacks
Active assailant incidents in healthcare facilities present one of the most extreme challenges for staff, patients, and security professionals. While the ...
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When 'Nonviolent' Isn't Enough: Redefining the De-escalation Standard
Healthcare organizations have embraced de-escalation training as a cornerstone of workplace violence prevention. These programs typically aim to prevent ...
Incident Reporting Isn't Enough: What Your Team Isn't Telling You
Healthcare organizations rely heavily on incident reporting systems to identify and address safety concerns, including workplace violence. These systems ...
Verbal Triage: A Necessary Step in Violence Prevention
In healthcare environments where resources are limited and demands are high, triage represents a fundamental organizing principle. Clinical triage sorts ...
OHSU collaborates with Vistelar to advance workplace violence prevention
Agreement provides verbal and physical conflict management training to all OHSU members
Safety is a Leadership Metric: Are You Measuring What Matters?
Healthcare leaders track countless metrics – patient satisfaction scores, length of stay, readmission rates, and financial indicators. Yet one of the most ...
The Silent Safety Risk: Lateral Violence Among Staff
When healthcare organizations assess workplace safety risks, their focus typically lands on patient-to-staff violence, environmental hazards, or procedural ...
Is Your Safety Culture Missing a Verbal Protocol?
Most healthcare organizations have meticulously developed protocols for nearly every physical safety concern. There are specific steps to follow for needle ...
Preventing Workplace Violence Starts with Predictability
In healthcare environments, unpredictability is often the spark that ignites workplace violence. When patients, families, or even staff don't know what to ...
The Overlooked Link Between Communication and Safety
Poor communication doesn't just cause confusion—it creates risk. In healthcare settings, communication breakdowns contribute to approximately 70% of sentinel ...