Overview of Recommendations submitted by the Commission in 2017
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The Commission recommends, in addition, that the UPS
make measures for restricting freedom of movement subject
to the issuance of a formal order and that the use of such
measures be consistently documented. A single treatment
order by a physician, issued as a formal administrative order
and subject to periodic review by the professional medical
staff, should nevertheless be considered as sufficient in such
cases (NCPT Report, Basel [UPC] 2017, p. 10).
c.
Security and preventive measures
– The Commission recommends that the University Psychiatric
Clinics of Basel (UPC) issue uniform regulations on the procedures to be followed and the records to be kept in unusual
circumstances and that it establish a centralised documentation system, which should include an injury register (NCPT
Report, Basel [UPC] 2017, p. 11).
– For the sake of clarity and transparency, the Commission recommends that the UPC take further steps for harmonising
their data collection procedures and that they review their
practice of maintaining paper and electronic files in parallel
(NCPT Report, Basel [UPC] 2017, p. 4).
d.
Opportunities for exercise and leisure pursuits
– The Commission recommends that the Basel UPC take urgent measures (as concerns the geriatric psychiatric unit) to
ensure unrestricted access to outdoor facilities. It further recommends that the Clinic install covering over a part of the
outdoor facilities in order to allow patients the possibility of
spending time outdoors even in inclement weather (NCPT
Report, Basel [UPC] 2017, p. 6).
Activity Report NCPT 2017
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