Patient Safety Topic

Behavioral Health

Overview

​​​​​​​​​​Events reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority indicate that behavioral health patients continue to experience harm. Although no environment of care can be totally safe and free of risk, facilities can reduce the risk factors that have the potential to cause patient harm.

Educational Tools

Risky Rooms
These room diagrams identify potential ligature risks in various inpatient care settings and may be used for training staff or conducting an educational exercise. Both blank and labeled copies are available for each care setting.

Ligature Risk Gap Analysis​
This tool helps to identify potential practice gaps.

Multimedia


Safety Tips for Patients