The Joint Commission recently issued updated guidelines for complying with its existing standards. In recent years, experts – notably The Joint Commission, federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Facility Guidelines Institute– have developed recommendations or requirements designed to minimize the risk of suicide in the physical environment of behavioral health settings. Can he strangle himself by hooking a cord to the door between his inpatient room and bathroom or hang himself from a pipe accessible via a drop ceiling? Can she jump to her death or suffocate herself with the trash can’s plastic liner? Consider the psychiatric patient intent on suicide.
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