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· ensure of mechanical restraint of a beneficiary will be applied using medical interventions that will allow the period of application of measures to be as short as possible;
· measure of mechanical restraint of the patient will be conducted in a safe place and in a
way that that is least threatening for the life and health of the patient;
· measure of mechanical restraint of the beneficiary will be carried out with designated
means (straps, etc.) to ensure that the intervention is administered in a way that is least
threatening for the life and health of the patient;
· the psychiatrist will decide about the application of the mechanical restraint measure
and duration of such restraint, taking care that the period of application is as short as possible, in accordance with the applicable standards and rules of the medical profession;
· where in the absence of a psychiatrist, another healthcare practitioner performs a
mechanical restraint of a patient as deemed necessary and urgent at the given moment,
he is obliged to immediately inform the closest psychiatrist, who is obliged to approach
the beneficiary without delay and assess whether the applied mechanical restraint is justified, as well as whether it is still necessary, and accordingly, make the appropriate decision;
· psychiatrist who made the decision to apply the measure of a mechanical restraint is
obliged to, as long as the respective measure is applied, as well as within the appropriate period after the suspension of the measure, make periodical visits of the beneficiary
subjected to such measure and monitor his health condition with due care;
· when in the course of the measure of mechanical restraint the psychiatrist determines
that the beneficiary subjected to the measure no longer poses a threat to himself or
other persons, the beneficiary will be released from such measure, without delay;
· immediately prior to the expiration of the deadline for the application of the mechanical restraint measure, the psychiatrist will review the necessity of continuing with the
application of the measure and make appropriate decision, being understood that he
will order that the beneficiary subjected to the restraint is immediately released if no
further application of the measure is required;
· during the application of the mechanical restraint measure, medical staff will provide
increased attention and, to the extent possible, attend the beneficiary subjected to the
mechanical restraint, so that this measure would not include another measure of isolation (solitary confinement);
· the mechanical restraint measure will not be applied in the room accommodating beneficiaries that are not subjected to such measure, nor shall other beneficiaries be allowed
the access to this room;
· the psychiatrist who made a decision to apply the mechanical restraint measure shall
notify the director of the Hospital or any other person authorized by the director without delay, who shall then immediately inform the legal representative of the beneficiary
of the measure applied, or the member of the immediate family of the beneficiary subjected to such measure;
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