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In 1992, The Toronto Hospital (Western Division) established a safety task force to examine the ethics of restraining patients. The task force developed tools to assess the need for restraint in consultation with other disciplines, the patient, and family. A six-week pilot study evaluated restraint devices and tested assessment methods for patients whose behaviour puts them or others at risk of injury. A subsequent study found that these assessment tools were applicable to the ICU setting.
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