Suicide Prevention Checklist for Creating Safe Environments

The checklist contributed to the creation of a safe environment while caring for potentially suicidal patients in the nonpsychiatric inpatient unit and guided. Overall, safety incidences decreased by 42% (5) in 2018 when compared with that in the year 2014. The number of patients who sustained temporary or minor injuries also decreased from 2014 to 2018, by 57%. When used in the nonpsychiatric inpatient units, the SSIPCL provides clinicians with a structured approach to creating a safe environment. It helped ensure that the environment was monitored effectively and served as a communication tool to identify risk points in a consistent the approach during handoffs to other clinical staff.

本核查清单可在非精神科住院病房照护存在自杀倾向患者的过程中，助力打造安全环境并发挥指导作用。整体而言，与2014年相比，2018年安全事件发生率下降了42%（5）。2014年至2018年间，出现临时或轻微损伤的患者数量也下降了57%。将该自杀患者住院核查清单（SSIPCL）应用于非精神科住院病房时，可为临床医师提供一套构建安全环境的结构化方案。该清单可确保对病房环境进行有效监控，同时可作为沟通工具，在向其他临床医护人员进行交接班时，以统一标准识别风险点位。