Veterans Affairs Mental Health Environment Of Care Checklist For Units Treating Suicidal Patients

The document is a spreadsheet released in December 2016 by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Center for Patient Safety. The spreadsheet constitutes the Veterans Affairs Mental Health Environment Of Care Checklist For Units Treating Suicidal Patients (MHEOCC). The MHEOCC was developed with the hope that removal of facility-specific hazards would decrease the number of suicides that occur on inpatient mental health units. It focuses on architectural and other physical-environment changes, such as hooks or anchor points, non-shatterproof glass, and non-tamper-resistant electrical outlets. The MHEOCC has been used in all VA mental health units . . .