Question

what current nursing or health care related research supports the need for National Patient Safety Goal(NPSG) of identifying mental health patients at risk of suicide.

Answer 1

The Joint Commission has announced revisions to its National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) addressing suicide prevention to improve quality and safety of care for patients treated for behavioral health conditions and those identified at high risk for suicide.

Applicable to all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals and behavioral health care organizations, the revised requirements are based on more than a year of research, public field review and analysis with multiple panels convened by The Joint Commission .

Some of the healthcare related tools or research supports used by the Joint Commission are :-

- ASHE ( American society for health care Engineering of the American Hospital Association ) patient safety and ligature identification checklist .

- The Mental health guide

- Behavioural health design guide 7.3 ©2018 behaviour health facility consulting.

- Patient Safety Standards,Materials and Systems Guidelines recommended by New York state office of Mental health .

- Ask suicide screening questions toolkit by National Institute of Mental health.

- Columbia suicide severity rating scale triage version .

- Patient safety plan template

- Caring for adults with suicide risk - A consensus guide for Emergency Department.