Mac's Safety Space: This American Hospital: HAIs resulting from exposure to lead
Hospital Safety Insider, February 18, 2016
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As I think I've mentioned in the past, I listen to a fair amount of public radio when I'm in the car, and this past Saturday, I stumbled (I've found that my errands don't always coincide with the start and end of programs-thank the gods of radio for podcasts and other forms of re-broadcast) into the middle of a story that I found quite compelling. The program itself is called This American Life and emanates from WBEZ in Chicago; the nominal purpose of the program is to provide a forum for the airing of stories about (natch!) This American Life, which allows it to cover a lot of ground. I always find the stories pretty interesting/compelling, etc., but this past weekend's episode really got me thinking about the ongoing struggles faced by hospitals as they try to balance security, workplace violence management, the management of behavioral health patients, education of staff in being able to effectively manage crisis situations, etc. Basically, the whole gamut of issues relating to the continuing disenfranchisement of the behavioral health patient community. There are some places that do pretty well with this, but I think the opportunities to do better far outweigh the improvements made so far.
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