Health Care Workers to Receive Greater Protection From Violence

When health care workers at Stanford Healthcare — ValleyCare in Northern California see an orange magnetic dot on the door frame of a patient’s room, they know that the patient has been deemed potentially violent and that they should take appropriate precautions. The orange dot also appears on transport order forms for the potentially violent patient, and an orange strip is added to the front of their medical chart, according to a ValleyCare official who spoke during a California Hospital Association-hosted webinar this month. Volunteers who bring puzzles and books to patient...