Project Description
PROBLEM
To comply with regulatory standards and become proactive after a nationwide uptick in patient suicides, a health system needed to implement ligature risk deterrent measures in the inpatient behavioral health units of their facilities.
SOLUTION
DH Pace provided and installed patented proactive presence-detecting Top Door Alarm® systems at both the top and bottom of doors in the behavioral health units. Top Door Alarm is a presence detection and notification system that identifies potential self-harm when a door is used as a ligature point. As an additional precaution, the Company also installed ligature-resistant hardware and Division 10 specialties to reduce other points of contact patients could potentially use to commit self-harm. These included door handles, hinges, grab bars, handrails, and restroom equipment.
Through DH Pace installing Top Door Alarm systems, not only did the behavioral health facility become compliant with local and federal guidelines, but they also became a much safer place for patients and a more desirable place of employment.
About Top Door Alarm®:
Presence Detection Technology – Top Door Alarm is the only suicide door alarm system in the industry to offer state-of-the-art photoelectric beam detection, which detects presence before pressure is ever applied to the door.
Top Door Presence Detection – Photoelectronic beams installed on the door frame face/header and top door face immediately detect the presence of a foreign object.
Bottom Door Presence Detection – Photoelectronic beams installed on the bottom door edge detect the immediate presence of a foreign object.
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