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Hospital color codes, bans violent patients
Hospitals already use color coding, ranging from disaster situations for high-acuity patients to everyday use for patients with food allergies. In the United Kingdom, however, one hospital is taking
Long wait times, mental illness linked to rampant hospital violence
Most emergency room and psychiatric hospital workers face violence on daily basis, a disturbing rising trend, reports the Los Angeles Times yesterday. Nearly 40 percent of emergency room employees in
Hospitals with violence demand improved security
Hospital workers are entrusted with healing and helping the wounded, yet they are often vulnerable to acts of violence. The murder-suicide last week at Florida Hospital Orlando--in which a
Hospital board member banished from meeting room
Kathleen Sterling, a Tri-City Healthcare hospital board member known for frequent outbursts and verbal abuse during meetings, hurt two security guards during a monthly meeting on Thursday, 10News
Suspect in hospital slaying received bad performance review
Police have arrested Keith Little, a hospital employee, for allegedly killing Roosevelt Brockington , who was found in a basement boiler room at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., the Washington Post
Police begin manhunt for visitor who fired shot in hospital
Police are looking for a man who pulled a handgun and fired into the hallway of University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque Tuesday afternoon, the Associated Press reports. According to a police
Employee slain at D.C.-area hospital
Roosevelt Brockington Jr., the lead engineer in Bethesda, Md.-based Suburban Hospital's plant operations department, was attacked and killed at the hospital on Jan. 1, the Washington Post reports.
Joint Commission: Be on alert for healthcare violence
Healthcare facilities today are being confronted with steadily increasing rates of crime, including assault, rape and murder, warns a new Sentinel Event Alert issued by The Joint Commission.
Massachusetts to crack down on violence against healthcare workers
A bill stiffening penalties for those who assault nurses and other healthcare workers won unanimous approval in the Massachusetts Senate last Thursday, following a unanimous House vote in March. One
