Defining Staff Injury Due to Client Behavior in the Behavioral Health Care Setting |
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| Authors: | Megan Russell PhD Glynn Fraker RN MEd CPHQ Steven Mansh BA Thomas Wasser PhD MEd Lorrie Henderson PhD LCSW |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Devereux , Villanova , Pennsylvania , USA mrussell@devereux.org;3. Devereux , Villanova , Pennsylvania , USA;4. Consult-Stat: Complete Statistical Services , Macungie , Pennsylvania , USA;5. Child Help , Scottsdale , Arizona , USA |
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| Abstract: | Continuous Quality Improvement programs require organizations to assess staff related injuries as they correspond to client restrictive procedures. This study compares a three level staff injury system (Mild, Moderate, Severe) against the type of situation in which the injury occurred defined as unintentional, weapon or device used, and during the process of a restrictive procedure. There were 5,685 injuries over a 6-year period: 8.4% of injuries were unintentional, 10.0% involved the use of a device, and 30.7% of injuries occurred as the result of a restrictive procedure. Staff injury at moderate level was associated with restrictive procedures (p < .001). |
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| Keywords: | injury severity quality improvement quality assurance staff injury restrictive procedures |
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