Understanding the scope of aggressive incidents in hospitals | Safer Hospitals

Understanding the scope of aggressive incidents in hospitals | Safer Hospitals 
Chief Healthcare Executive; by Ron Southwick; 4/26/24 
Researchers found healthcare workers are facing a verbal or physical incident at least once for every 40 hours worked. Joanne De Santo lennaco of Yale University talks about protecting staff. Even with more attention being placed on violence in hospitals and health systems, healthcare leaders say many incidents don’t come to light. ... Much attention has been focused on incidents involving healthcare workers that have resulted in physical injuries, but she says that fails to capture the hostility healthcare workers routinely encounter, she says.