Practice patterns related to mechanical restraint use across a multi-institutional health care system.

摘要: In recent years, regulatory and governmental initiatives have focused increased scrutiny on the use practices associated with mechanical restraints. Consequently, hospitals are increasingly measuring comparing both internally externally their restraint as they strive to optimize assure safe care of patients being restrained. This study analyzes 12,860 episodes from 10 acute in a single health system. Overall findings support many previously identified trends related types restraints used reasons for application. However, this also suggest that there differences among rural, community, tertiary hospitals. provides first widespread documentation rates alternative methods attempted common patient carried out during These results can serve external comparisons other settings minimize safety