Improving Hospital Safety & Security

Improving Hospital Safety & Security is organized by Criterion Conferences and will be held during Feb 21 - 22, 2018 at CQ Functions Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The target audience for this medical event is Security & patient services personnel responsible for: Security Services, Patient Support Services, Facilities Management, OHS/WHS, OVA Operations. Clinicians responsible for: Emergency, Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol, Aged Care, General Medicine.

This conference will bring together key stakeholders across clinical, security, police and paramedic backgrounds to share tangible strategies to improve coordinated approaches to prevention, intervention and post-incident responses.

This conference will focus on:

• Strengthening incident prevention & embedding a safety culture
• Boosting interdisciplinary & interagency collaboration & communication
• Supporting staff wellbeing post-incident
• Utilising data & technology to inform hospital initiatives
• Navigating legal issues & balancing duty of care with staff safety

Learning Objectives:

• Strengthen approaches to incident prevention & embed a safety culture
• Enhance team communication & coordinated interventionary responses
• Improve post-incident management and evaluation
• Develop a multifaceted approach to reduce aggression in mental health patients

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.