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SJ Use of Restraints Summary:Policy that defines the use of physical restraint for violent or self destructive behavior and non-violent behavior. Effective Date: 2/19/2001 Revision History: 7/31/2013, 11/15/11, 7/20/11, 5/1/2011, 12/8/2010, 5/31/2010, 8/22/07, 3/10/07, 3/20/06, 2/22/06, 8/05, 11/8/04, 9/21/04, 8/5/04, 3/8/04, 2/9/03 Reviewed Date: 7/31/13 Facilities: SJMC Approved By: SJMC CNO Policy Impacts: All Nursing Personnel Purpose 1. To protect the dignity and safety of inpatients, outpatients, staff, and visitors through safe restraint processes. 2. To identify patients at risk for restraint and provide alternatives to restraint use. 3. To provide guidelines for use of least restrictive interventions to avoid restraint use. To define the procedure to be followed when all alternatives have been exhausted and proven ineffective, and restraints are necessary to maintain patient safety. 4. To define staff training requirements related to safe processes. See appendix A. Scope This policy applies to all staff members, physicians, physician assistants and licensed independent practitioners involved in ordering, applying, and monitoring, assessing, and providing care for any patient in a restraint. Responsibility It is the responsibility of the hospital CNO or designee to disseminate this policy and its contents to all appropriate hospital employees and licensed independent practitioners and to ensure compliance. Policy 1. This hospital strives to be a restraint free environment. 2. Seclusion will not be used at this hospital. 3. This hospital recognizes that all patients have the right to be free from physical or mental abuse, and corporal punishment. 4. Restraint use, of any form, will never be used as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by staff. 5. Staff will ensure that patients are treated with dignity and privacy during periods of restraint. 6. Staffing levels and assignments shall be set to minimi