COVID-19 and suicide risk: definitely two challenging patient care issues. Recently, The Joint Commission (TJC) answered a question about monitoring COVID-19 patients who are a high suicide risk. Specifically, the question was whether staff doing a 1:1 observation for a high suicide risk patient with COVID-19 (or suspected COVID-19) need to be in the patient's room.
In response to this question, TJC reiterated their current guidance re high risk patients in areas containing ligature and/or other safety risks. That guidance is that ...
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