Research from the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) showed that violent crime in hospitals fell in 2015, according to an article on the Fierce Healthcare website.
A survey found violent incidents dropped from 2.8 per 100 hospital beds in 2014 to .09 per 100 beds in 2015, a decline of nearly 70 percent.
However, assaults increased slightly last year from 7.8 incidents per 100 beds to 8.1.
Of the assaults reported, most were directed against employees by patients, students or other recipients of hospital services, the article said.
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