Course Description
Violence in health care has reached epidemic proportions. The National Institutes of Health reported in 2022 that 73% of all nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses occurred in the health care environment. Up to 38% of health care workers suffer physical violence at some point in their
careers. The physical environment is the first line of defense against this violence, and the Security Design Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities demonstrates a reliable method for effectively integrating a safe and resilient design to help mitigate these threats. This session will explore various
methodologies utilizing the Security Design Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities that every health care organization, including ambulatory care and outpatient facilities, can employ during the design phases for renovation, new construction and even smaller projects. These methodologies, which use the safety risk assessment (SRA), continue to focus on preparing the built environment to mitigate violence with a special emphasis on weapons detection.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe design goals that will ensure a safer health care physical environment.
- Identify opportunities to collaborate more effectively as the designated safety and security subject matter expert on a health care organization’s design team.
- Create an effective security risk assessment for one’s health care organization.
- Support the design of the physical environment while ensuring the design supports mitigation of patient violence and increased safety for patients, visitors and staff.
Presenter: Edward Browne, Accreditation Consultant, Joint Commission Resources
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