Suicide and Suicide Attempts on Veterans Affairs Medical Center Outpatient Clinic Areas, Common Areas, and Hospital Grounds

Conclusions Clinical changes including environmental assessments and interventions, staff training on identifying suicide risk characteristics, policy changes toward improving contraband search techniques, and medications risk assessment, as well as timely access to care may be effective mitigation strategies toward preventing suicides of this nature.
Source: Journal of Patient Safety - Category: Health Management Tags: Original Studies Source Type: research