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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: Medsurg Nurs. 2021 Jul-Aug;30(4):229–234.

TABLE 2.

Suggested Outcome Parameters

  • Number of safety occurrences (staff, patient, visitor)

  • Occurrence of restraint use

  • Number of security calls to intervene

  • Number of staff assaults/injuries

  • Number of BERT calls

  • Number of patient transfers after BERT call

  • Number of sitters used

  • Use of psychoactive and benzodiazepine medications

BERT = Behavioral Emergency Response Team