visitors or the medical personnel, or to prevent a real
threat of inflicting physical harm.
5.4.15. The medical personnel shall undergo special training on
the use of physical force in order to ensure that physical
force is used proportionately and to minimize the risk of
inflicting physical harm upon a patient.
5.5.
Medical Personnel
5.5.1.
5.5.2.
5.5.3.
5.5.4.
5.5.5.
The needs of psychiatric organizations shall undergo a
comprehensive assessment, and the results shall help to
define the optimal ratio of patients to medical or support
personnel, and to clarify the scope of work of each one.
The necessary professional staff position shall be
designated for the psychiatric care of persons with
mental health issues, as well as their rehabilitation
treatment and preservation and reintegration of social
ties.
The vacant positions in psychiatric organizations shall be
filled, and the necessary specialists and sufficient
numbers of staff shall be engaged in their work.
The designated staff shall be sufficient for individualized
treatment of each person, especially if a ward has
persons confined to bed or persons with mobility issues
or persons in need of special care.
For example, one psychiatric organization was found
to have one psychiatrist per night duty shift, while the
number of beds was 350.
In some cases, a ward treating 60 persons with
mental health issues was found to have only one
nurse and two orderlies per shift.
A mechanism for round-the-clock duty shifts of
psychiatrists shall be designated in the regional
psychiatric organizations.
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