TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Weapons screening in the emergency department: what is the standard?
JO  - Journal of emergency medicine
A1  - Jasani, Gregory
A1  - Gaddis, Gary M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Emergency departments (EDs) make themselves available to the public 24 hours per day, every day. Although this availability is crucial to its role in the health care system, it also presents unique security challenges for any ED. Determining the appropriate balance between openness vs. security is one of the most consequential decisions that the leadership of any ED must make. Unfortunately, no clearly defined guidelines or standards of practice yet exist to inform the creation and execution of effective ED security policies...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0736-4679
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.12.012
ID  - ref1
ER  -