Hospitals
step up security
Asheville
Citizen-Times, NC - Dec 24, 2007
But hospitals nationwide are becoming increasingly dangerous, said Jeff Aldridge, a hospital security
expert from Durham. Part of the increase
can be ...
A clear message
Ceylon Daily News, Sri Lanka - Dec 20, 2007
It is also reported that the woman had walked out of the Hospital
under the very nose of the Hospital security at the gate. An alert
sentry would no doubt ...
Pioneer
law to protect doctors
Calcutta
Telegraph, India - Dec 17, 2007
... will now face three
years in jail, the Andhra Pradesh government today said promulgating the first
such law in a country plagued by hospital violence. ...
Security
fears at hospital
Wiltshire
Times, UK - Dec 7, 2007
In
September, the Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, pledged to invest £97m into NHS hospital
security. The costs of installing CCTV systems at the community
...
Doctor wants
hospital guards armed with Tasers
National
Post, Canada - Dec 4, 2007
Arming hospital
security guards in Fort McMurray may be necessary given
the level of violence regularly faced by nurses in urban centres,
said Bev Dick, ...
Baby
theft sparks security review
The West
Australian, Australia - Nov 29, 2007
There was a Statewide review of hospital security five years ago
after the attempted abduction of a baby from Osborne Park Hospital. ...
Drop-in
day focuses on hospital security
Norfolk
Eastern Daily Press, UK - Nov 27, 2007
Police
officers, the hospital's security manager and Temporary Chief Insp Carl Edwards were on hand yesterday to give staff
information about a range of ...
Violence
shocks our hospitals
Melbourne
Herald Sun, Australia - Dec 7, 2007
Dr Parnis said the Brumby Government should make attacks on emergency
room workers aggravated offences that carried bigger fines and longer jail
time,
Doctor wants
hospital guards armed with Tasers
National
Post, Canada - Dec 4, 2007
An emergency
room doctor in Fort McMurray, Alta., wants security
guards armed with Tasers or pepper spray to deal with
escalating violence inside this ...
Hospital
ER more violent: doc
Fort McMurray Today, Canada - Nov 30, 2007
“Violence
in the emergency department has spiked and we had quite a busy weekend,”
said Dufresne Thursday. “Four people were hauled away
by security and one ...
Cops to guard A
& E
NW
Evening Mail, UK - Nov 30, 2007
POLICE will
patrol the corridors of Furness General Hospital in a major crackdown on
Christmas violence. Determined to end drunken and drug-fuelled attacks ...
Cops to guard A
& E
NW
Evening Mail, UK - Nov 30, 2007
POLICE will
patrol the corridors of Furness General Hospital in a major crackdown on
Christmas violence. Determined to end drunken and drug-fuelled attacks ...
Baby
theft sparks security review
The West
Australian, Australia - Nov 29, 2007
There was a Statewide review of hospital security five years ago
after the attempted abduction of a baby from Osborne Park Hospital. ..
Sheba
Hospital staff to hold 2-hour strike over violence against ...
Jerusalem
Post, Israel - Nov 20, 2007
Sheba emergency
room director Dr. Eran Segal told the radio
station that the hospital suffered from a lack of security. "This is a
financial issue. ...
Dolan
residents air concerns on proposed prison
Kingman
Daily Miner, AZ - 2 hours ago
When an
inmate became ill and was sent to the emergency room at the local hospital,
the whole ER was shut down until the inmate was treated and moved. ...
Narace:
Beef up hospital security
Trinidad
News, Trinidad and Tobago - 4 hours ago
By LARA
PICKFORD-GORDON Thursday, November 22 2007 HEALTH MINISTER Jerry Narace has directed the Regional Health Authorities to
review and improve existing ...
NCRHA meets on hospital
security Trinidad News
all 11 news articles »
Tasers could be restricted to high-ranking officers
Canada.com, Canada - 1 hour ago
Mark Karjaluoto, a spokesman for the Northern Health, said hospital
security called the RCMP after failing to restrain a patient who was acting
aggressively ...
Hospital
patient in Prince George, BC subdued by police Taser The Canadian Press
Mounties
used Taser on patient at BC hospital Times Colonist
all 14 news articles »
Violent ice
addicts a threat to hospital safety: study
ABC
Online, Australia - Nov 19, 2007
As the head of St Vincent's hospital emergency
department, Professor Gordian Fulde and his staff
are on the front line of the Sydney's drug problem. ...
security
strong in newborn unit: hospital
The Daily
News, Canada - Nov 17, 2007
in the wake
of a hospital baby abduction in northern ontario, iwk
health centre officials say the local hospital's security system -
including patient swipe ...
despite discharge orders, fg
spends night at hospital; security tight
GMA news.tv, Philippines - Nov 16, 2007
security
remained tight at the st. luke’s
medical center in quezon city on saturday
as president gloria macapagal
arroyo spent a second night there to keep ...
Hospital
security bolstered; Bracelet system expected in place by ...
Sudbury Star, Canada - Nov 14, 2007
Hospital
administration and employees knew an infant abduction was a possibility,
said Kaminski, "but it wasn'ta probability. And
if you look at our history ...
Blacklist
violent patients, plea from staff
This Is
Lancashire, UK - Nov 10, 2007
Lorraine
Jones, the hospital's security management specialist, said:
"Sometimes NHS staff become so used to being the victim of abuse,
threatening behaviour ...
Hospital
security breach witnessed; Doctor without identification ...
Sudbury
Star, Canada - 22 hours ago
Sudbury
Regional Hospital officials insist security measures already in place at
hospital sites are being strictly enforced as they search for ways to ...
Hospital
security a top priority Sudbury Star
Bracelets key
security aid Timmins Daily Press
all 3 news articles »
Huguley hospital, security firm sued over 2005
sexual assault
Fort
Worth Star Telegram, TX - Nov 8, 2007
On Tuesday,
attorneys for the victim filed a lawsuit in Dallas County against Huguley and the hospital's security company, Smith
Security, alleging that ...
Drunken
woman bit hospital security guard
Burnley Citizen, UK - Nov 6, 2007
By Wendy
Barlow A DRUNKEN woman sank her teeth into a hospital security guard and
abused an Asian police officer, a court heard. ...
Alarm
at rise in hospital violence
Advertiser
Adelaide, Australia - Nov 2, 2007
DRUGS,
alcohol and waiting times have been blamed for a 37 per cent increase in the
number of threats to staff in the state's public hospitals. ...
Verbal
abuse, bullying at hospital
New
Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Oct 16, 2007
By Craig Borley Staff in Dunedin Hospital's emergency department
are so abusive to new employees that some are quitting within their first weeks
of work, ..
Doctors
call for police protection
Gulf
Daily News, Bahrain - Oct 18, 2007
Doctors at
the Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) Accident and Emergency
Department have now lodged an official complaint at the lack of protection
they get. ...
Alarm
at rise in hospital violence
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
DRUGS, alcohol and waiting times have been blamed for a 37 per cent increase in
the number of threats to staff in the state's public hospitals. ...
See all stories on this topic
Hospital
security levels
questioned
Portsmouth
Herald News, NH - Oct 26, 2007
By
Elizabeth Dinan PORTSMOUTH — Maintenance workers act
as security guards at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, police Lt. Fred Hoysradt said the morning after ...
'Man
in hurry' attacks doctor
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - Oct 23, 2007
By MANDEEP
SINGH POLICE were called over yet another assault
on a doctor at the Salmaniya Medical Complex Accident
and Emergency Department yesterday. ...
Hospital
security questioned
News24.com, South Africa - Oct 22, 2007
Pretoria - Security needs to be stepped up at the
Seshego Hospital, the Public Servants
Association (PSA) said on Monday. The PSA said that it condemned the ...
Security remedy for
QEH
The
Nation Newspaper, Barbados - Oct 20, 2007
by DONNA
SEALY THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL (QEH) is pressing ahead with a comprehensive
security programme, but there are still
"issues" that need to be ...
Doctors
call for police protection
Gulf
Daily News, Bahrain - Oct 18, 2007
On Tuesday, a patient had to be restrained by doctors and
nurses when he refused to leave the emergency room after being
officially discharged. ...
New
Zealand Herald
Radio New
Zealand, New Zealand - Oct 15, 2007
There are also reports that some new employees at Dunedin Hospital are quitting within a
week because of abuse from staff in the emergency department. …
Kaweah Delta Hospital a safe haven
Fresno Bee (subscription), CA - Oct 7, 2007
This spring, Mann said, he thought long and hard about hospital
security. "I was concerned about trends in crime and gang activity in
the community," Mann ...
RI
Hospital patient, 96, robbed of rings
Providence
Journal, RI - Oct 12, 2007
Some time
that night, according to a complaint to the police and hospital security
yesterday, a man dressed in the blue hospital smock of an employee came ...
Hospital
drill sparks emergency
Ada Evening News, OK - Oct 11, 2007
The dispatcher asks the definition of “Code Zebra” and is told it
means an infant abduction from the obstetrics ward. There was no mention
during the phone ...
Drunk’s
threats to hospital staff
Dorset
Echo, UK - Oct 10, 2007
At 2.20am police officers were called to the accident and emergency
department of Dorset County Hospital to deal with a man who
was being aggressive towards ...
Hospital
security officer accused of drug scheme released from jail
Columbus
Dispatch, OH - Oct 9, 2007
One of the men accused in an elaborate scheme to distribute cocaine
in Zanesville will be released from jail with an
electronic ankle monitor. ...
Kaweah Delta Hospital a safe haven
Fresno
Bee (subscription), CA - Oct 7, 2007
This spring, Mann said, he thought long and hard about hospital
security. "I was concerned about trends in crime and gang activity in
the community," Mann ...
Patient
held after brawl
Gulf
Daily News, Bahrain - Oct 3, 2007
Hospital
security
staff subdued the two men and called the police, but they broke free and ran
for the main entrance. "They were chased through the hospital …
Hospital security
The Daily
Star, Bangladesh - Sep 25, 2007
Hospital/clinic
security policies, including anti-sexual harassment policy and infant
abduction response plan, should be formulated and made known to all ...
Second
escape spurs hard look at psychiatric hospital security
NJ Blog, New Jersey -
by Lawrence
Ragonese A top state official today ordered a
thorough review of security procedures at all state psychiatric hospitals,
embarrassed by the ...
Kearny County dedicates hospital
expansion
Garden
City Telegram, KS - Sep 27, 2007
The project
originally began as an application for grant funding for safety code upgrades,
including fire alarms, medical gas and hospital security systems. ...
Lost’
baby left locked in nursery
Rochdale Observer, UK - Sep 21, 2007
It is believed that the mix-up had been caused by a member of
staff who signed a logbook to say Ruby had been collected by her mum. ...
Woman
faces accusations after incident at hospital
Rutland
Herald, VT - Sep 19, 2007
According
to the woman, Bordeaux said she wasn't going
to kill the woman, but claimed hospital security employees ripped her
clothes off while Bordeaux was ...
Nurses under siege in
tight quarters
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Sep 19, 2007
In the
meantime, staff say, there’sa continued need to admit
people with critical psychiatric illness from the emergency department. ...
Security
officer arrested on sex charges
Canton
Repository (subscription), OH - Sep 14, 2007
CANTON An Aultman Hospital security officer arrested Thursday
on warrants charging him with rape and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor
remained held ...
The
Reading Hospital Selects Encentuate for Identity and
Access ...
TMC
Net, CT - Sep 10, 2007
Reading's
IT staff is able to manage hospital security policies and enforce user
access rights through Encentuate's web-based
centralized management tools. ...
Seattle hospital
security afraid for their own safety
KTUU, AK - Sep 2, 2007
by Kim
Holcomb SEATTLE, Washington -- Security officers at a Seattle hospital that treats
many critically injured Alaskans are expressing concern about
...
TMC overhauls handling of
psychiatric patients
Arizona
Daily Star, AZ - Sep 1, 2007
In some
instances, staff members were going beyond acceptable practices to involve the hospital's
security guards, or were shirking mandatory documentation,
...
Harborview's guards protest
Seattle
Post Intelligencer - Aug 31, 2007
Following a 2005 review of the hospital's security, Harborview began hiring off-duty State Patrol troopers. Mankowski said a trooper is on duty around the ...
Harborview
security guards claim hospital grounds too dangerous KOMO
all 6 news articles »
Assaults jump at
facility for mentally ill
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (subscription), WI - Aug 28, 2007
Staff at
the Wauwatosa complex "feel that sense of being
in jeopardy," following attacks this summer that sent some nurses to the emergency
room, ...
Local Doctors Partner With
SWAT Team
WLWT, OH - Aug 27, 2007
CINCINNATI
-- For a group of emergency room doctors, volunteering with a police
SWAT team has provided insights into what they see in their regular jobs. ...
Nurses
must be protected
Courier Mail, Australia - Aug 27, 2007
Solutions
to hospital violence are few and far between. As long ago as 2002, a
Senate inquiry report into nursing – ironically entitled "Time for Action" ...
Hospital
urged to protect against violence
Boston
Globe, United States - Aug 21, 2007
The
assaults have led the Massachusetts Nurses Association to call Brockton
Hospital the poster child for the need for workplace violence
prevention. ...
OSHA
asks Brockton Hospital to address workplace assaults
Brockton
Enterprise, United States - Aug 21, 2007
OSHA based
its findings on employee interviews and a review of incident reports of
workplace violence at Brockton Hospital over a six-month
period, ...
Federal
report shows Brockton nurses subjected to attacks
Boston
Herald, United States - Aug 21, 2007
The OSHA
report suggests Brockton Hospital develop a specific workplace violence
safety committee and provide increased training on how to prevent patient ...
Security
increased after hospital theft
Blackburn
Citizen, UK - Aug 21, 2007
Hospital
security
advisors have been working closely with police since the theft of copper wire
caused major problems for the hospital trust on Saturday. ...
Psychiatric nurses under assault
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Aug 16, 2007
Several nurses were sent to the emergency department with
injuries from these attacks. "This is not the first time we’ve had issues
with Abbie Lane," Joan ...
Patient
information left open online at Oregon hospital
OregonLive.com, OR - Aug 15, 2007
... such as Social Security
numbers about patients at Sky Lakes Medical Center was available online
for about a month when the hospital's security was down. ...
Nurses tell union of
violent attacks suffered at hands of patients
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Aug 10, 2007
Several nurses were sent to the emergency department with
injuries from these attacks. One registered nurse, who did not want her name
used, ...
State
tries to treat hospital violence
OregonLive.com, OR - Aug 7, 2007
Westlund, who works in the emergency room at Samaritan Albany
General Hospital, calls his run-in "really extreme," but violence
in the health care field, ...
Cleveland
Sun Newspapers, OH - Aug 9, 2007
By Joe Noga Cleveland's west side medical
facilities are reviewing their safety and security policies following an
incident that saw a man sexually assault ...
Nurses tell union of
violent attacks suffered at hands of patients
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Aug 10, 2007
... to remain anonymous,
said some patients suffering from drug-related frenzies, such as "cocaine
rage," are often admitted to the emergency room at first. ...
Doctor
charged with sex assault on girl
East Anglian Daily Times, UK - Aug 9, 2007
... Paget
as a senior house officer from August 2003 to April 2005 and as a specialist
registrar in the accident and emergency department since May 2006. ...
Asian
doctor charged with sexual assault Hindustan Times
all 10 news articles »
Doctor
faces child sex assault charge
Great
Yarmouth Mercury, UK - Aug 9, 2007
A DOCTOR
has been charged with sexual assault and making indecent photographs, it
emerged yesterday . Rashid Sandhu, 29, faces charges
of sexual assault on ...
Hospital guards
get stab-proof armour
Northampton
Chronicle & Echo, UK - Aug 7, 2007
The hospital's
security advisor, Andy Watkins, said: "We've had the vests for a while
now. "We don't make staff wear them, but most of
them choose to as a ...
Fake doctor
exposes hospital security
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Aug 6, 2007
By Nicholas
Ralston and Kim Christian PREMIER Morris Iemma has
been accused by the opposition of ignoring hospital security, creating
an environment in ...
Mentally
ill man posed as doctor in emergency ward
The
Australian, Australia - Aug 5, 2007
A MENTALLY
ill man was able to roam a busy emergency department, masquerading as a
doctor and "consulting" patients, in a serious security breach that ...
Officials
act swiftly to tighten hospital security
SABC
News, South Africa - 23 hours ago
The health
department says it will improve safety at all its health facilities after the rape
of a student nurse at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital. ...
Bara rape silence Vuvuzela Online
all 17 news articles »
Patient
killed in hospital psychiatric ward
Canada.com, Canada - Jul 31, 2007
The two men had no history of violence toward staff or other
patients, Fraser said. Both patients were taken to the emergency room
for treatment, ...
Hospital
violence intervention pilot a success
Newstalk ZB, New Zealand - Jul 31, 2007
A programme encouraging women to speak
out about domestic violence is already being called a success. Health Minister
Pete Hodgson says the $11 million ...
Reports
of abuse running at one a day - hospital
Radio New
Zealand, New Zealand - Jul 30, 2007
National
Women's Hospital says one woman a day is reporting some form of abuse under a
pilot project aimed at helping the victims of family violence. ...
Clinton Hospital Security
Heightened
CKNX
Radio, Canada - Jul 27, 2007
Site
administrator Bonnie Royal says the security check at the Clinton Public
Hospital last night was a normal reaction to a very abnormal situation. ...
Attack
near hospital a 'fluke'
Billings Gazette,
USA - Jul 19, 2007
Peter, a
longtime Billings Clinic employee, had just parked her car in a lot across the
street from the hospital's emergency department, officials said. ...
Working
conditions at hospitals deplorable
The
News-Press, FL - Jul 17, 2007
My second concern is the emergency room at Cape Coral Hospital. Granted they usually
have an overload of many different illnesses; however, they seem to be ...
IMH looks
at security options
Laramine Boomerang, WY - Jul 19, 2007
Gandy
presented the board with three options for updating hospital security,
each involving hiring more staff. The first option would provide the hospital ...
Hospital
security guard's arrest prompts hiring review
Daily
Mail - Charleston, WV - Jul 13, 2007
by AP A
Charleston Area Medical Center security guard arrested on a drug-related charge
had a criminal record, prompting the hospital to review its hiring
...
Survey Shows Nurses
Subjected To Workplace Violence
NewsNet5.com, OH - Jul 12, 2007
CLEVELAND
-- A new survey conducted last year by the Emergency Nurses Association shows
that nine out of 10 emergency room nurses said they have been ...
Sheriff: Inmate's family violated
hospital security
Savannah
Morning News, GA - Jul 6, 2007
The Chatham County Sheriff's Department
has revoked visitation privileges for an inmate who is hospitalized in an
intensive care unit, claiming the man's ...
Warning
over hospital security
Guardian
Unlimited, UK - Jul 11, 2007
Lax security in Britain's hospitals could give
terrorists working in the NHS easy access to deadly viruses and dangerous
chemicals, an expert has warned. ...
Attacks
lead to hospital review
BBC News, UK - Jul 6, 2007
Security
advisor Barry Sobey said: "I am quite appalled
to see the number of people who come in to the accident and emergency
department under the influence ...
Christus Spohn sanctioned $30000
over surveillance video of ...
KRIS-TV, TX - Jun 29, 2007
According
to court records, two weeks after Debra Slough's abduction,
a security manager at Shoreline made a copy of the surveillance footage. ...
Inmate
charged with capital murder gets 38 years in robberies
Daily
Press, VA - Jun 29, 2007
A man
facing capital murder charges in the deaths of a hospital security guard
and a deputy sheriff after he escaped from jail last summer was sentenced ...
William Morva sentenced to 38 years for attempted robberies Roanoke Times
Judge sentences Morva to 38 years for attempted robbery, other charges OurValley.org
Morva
Sentencing WVVA TV
WCAV - WSLS.com
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SIW to Host Webinar on Hospital
Security
SecurityInfoWatch, IL - Jun 27, 2007
... emergency room security, infant abduction and more. As part of the program,
Jeff Aldridge, president of SAI and a former hospital
security administrator ...
Hospital
upgrades security
Cookeville
Herald Citizen, TN - Jun 13, 2007
... and was installed by
Southwestern Communications of Nashville with the help of the hospital's plant
and facilities employees and hospital security. ...
Attack
left nurse at risk for HIV
Boston Herald, United States - Jun 10, 2007
But, she
said, the hospital requires access cards to enter high-security areas, such as
the emergency department. There are panic buttons for staff, ...
Hospital
safe room for violent patients
Warrnambool Standard, Australia - Jun 4, 2007
VIOLENT
patients intoxicated by drugs and alcohol who arrive at Warrnambool's
emergency department must sometimes be physically restrained for the
safety of ...
Security
Breach At Christ Hospital
WCPO, OH - Jun 11, 2007
Hammitt was seen going in and out of rooms at Christ Hospital and was eventually
noticed by hospital security. Monday morning he plead not guilty and the ...
Suspect
Enters Patients' Hospital Rooms, Breaches Security
WCPO, OH - Jun 10, 2007
He was
eventually noticed by hospital security some time later. The suspect has
been arrested at least five times in the past two years, including one just ...
SSKM nurses
relent but want cop suspended
Kolkata Newsline, India - Jun 19, 2007
We have also asked the hospital authorities to increase security in
the campus and in the emergency department because we feel insecure. …
Man convicted in hospital
melee sentenced to home detention
Kentucky.com, KY - Jun 28, 2007
Superior
Court Judge Vicki Carmichael sentenced Bonner to a year on a charge of battery
for striking a hospital security guard, a year and a half for ...
Woman
reports sexual assault
Council
Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA - Jun 18, 2007
... Bluffs woman reported
an alleged sexual assault Saturday at 12:22 am while being treated in
the Alegent Health Mercy Hospital Emergency
Department, ...
Christus Spohn sanctioned $30000
over surveillance video of ...
KRIS-TV, TX - Jun 29, 2007
According
to court records, two weeks after Debra Slough's abduction,
a security manager at Shoreline made a copy of the surveillance footage. ...
Toronto baby kidnapped
Canoe.ca, Canada - Jun 27, 2007
By Sun
Media A father is suspected of kidnapping his one-year-old daughter from her
west-end Toronto home this
morning. Toronto Police said Angelina De ...
“I’d
Kill for a Baby”
calendarlive.com, CA - Jun 27, 2007
Infant
abduction:
"I'd Kill for a Baby" (10 pm TLC) documents the
tragic phenomenon of infant abduction that extends from nonviolent
hospital abductions to ...
Infant
Abduction Prevention, Part 1
SecurityInfoWatch, IL - Jun 26, 2007
One of the kidnappings occurred in the home; the other infant was
taken from a local hospital. An infant abduction is truly a
tragic and traumatic event for ...
'Fatal
Fathers', Jessie Davis, Bobby Cutts, and the Myth of
the ...
American
Chronicle, CA - Jun 26, 2007
However,
according to Emergency Room data collected by the Centers for Disease
Control and the Justice Department, only about 1% of women's injuries are ...
Cops:
Inmate Kills Officer at Hospital
BlueRidgeNow.com, NC - 4 hours ago
(AP Photo/Deseret Morning News, Scott G. Winterton)
Authorities said a prison inmate out for a medical appointment
wrested a gun from a corrections officer ...
Cops: Inmate kills officer at hospital Pioneer Press
Cops: Inmate Kills Officer at Hospital
Philadelphia
Daily News
Tattooed prison escapee recaptured after gun
battle Daily
Mail
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Thieves
dressed as medics stole from hospital
Gazette & Herald, UK - May 28, 2007
And that
has prompted the hospital's security team to issue a high priority
action plan to deter the thieves from trying their luck again. ...
Ganga Ram Hospital foils child abduction attempt
Daily
Times, Pakistan - 12 hours ago
LAHORE: Sir
Ganga Ram Hospital security personnel on
Monday arrested two women Sakeena and Riffat while they were trying to abduct a baby from the ...
Major
hospitals in Delhi to get additional security
Hindu<