Tip of the week: Take extra precautions with prisoner patients
Hospital Safety Connection, July 3, 2007
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After an inmate undergoing an MRI procedure wrestled a gun from a corrections officer and allegedly shot him dead last week at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, the hospital instituted several new rules regarding treatment of forensic patients.
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