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ED & Behavioral Health Safety
Addressing the highest-risk care environments — emergency departments, freestanding EDs, and behavioral health units — where the written plan must reflect the actual population and exposure, not generic threats.
7 articles
ED & Behavioral Health Safety
ED De-Escalation Protocols & Rapid-Response Activation
How to document emergency department de-escalation protocols and a rapid-response activation pathway as survey-defensible workplace violence controls under Chapter 331, the Joint Commission, and OSHA.
8 min
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Dementia, Delirium & Workplace Violence: Documenting It
How to document dementia- and delirium-driven aggression as care-driven behavior in a survey-defensible workplace violence program under Chapter 331, Joint Commission, and OSHA.
9 min
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Behavioral Health Worksite Analysis: Hazards & Controls
A unit-specific behavioral health worksite analysis method for survey-defensible workplace violence prevention under Chapter 331, Joint Commission, and OSHA Publication 3148.
9 min
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Behavioral Health Unit Safety & Ligature Risk
How to document environmental safety and ligature-risk considerations in behavioral health units as part of a survey-defensible workplace violence worksite analysis under Chapter 331, Joint Commission, and OSHA.
8 min
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Post-Incident Staff Support in Behavioral Health
What a defensible post-incident response looks like after a behavioral health staff assault — treatment, work-assignment adjustment, debrief, and the documentation Chapter 331 and surveyors expect.
8 min
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Behavioral Health Boarding: A Documented ED Risk
Behavioral health boarding in the emergency department is a workplace violence risk surveyors expect you to document. How to surface it in your worksite analysis and plan under Texas Chapter 331.
8 min
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ED & Behavioral Health Workplace Violence Prevention
The definitive guide to workplace violence prevention for emergency departments and behavioral health units — survey-defensible plans aligned to Texas HSC Chapter 331, Joint Commission, and OSHA.
11 min
Read article →Know where your program stands
A Survey-Readiness Audit scores your committee, plan, training, and governing-body reporting against every standard that applies to your facility — in one document.