急性病患身體約束臨床照護指引

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Physical Restraint Patients in theAcute Care Units

近年來病患安全的議題受到世界各國的重視，身體約束是台灣醫療指標計畫中急性指標之一。本文主要是將身體約束常見的用物、臨床照護容易發生的錯誤約束方式、執行身體約束的原則、替代措施、步驟及約束技術等加以陳述，以作為臨床病患身體約束照護之參考。

The issue of patient safety has recently become more serious. Physical restraint is animportant acute indicator in the Taiwan Quality Indicator Project (TQIP). This article discusses thecommon materials of physical restraint, wrong methods of physical restraint in the clinic, the stepsfor executing physical restraint, the principles and alternatives to restraint therapies, and the technologyof physical restraint. The article could be used as a reference for future quality improvementefforts for physical restraint in clinical care.