three staff members stabbed by a patient at the Halifax Infirmary\u2019s emergency department.<\/a><\/p>\nAs a result, the province launched a two-week pilot back in May at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre to install the weapon detection system.<\/p>\n
During those two weeks, Nova Scotia Health says more than 7,400 people were screened, and roughly 49 potentially dangerous items were intercepted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis technology is helping us create a safer, more secure healthcare environment for everyone who walks through our doors,\u201d said Dean Stienburg, director of security for Nova Scotia Health. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to lead the way with this innovative approach and appreciate the support we\u2019ve received from patients, staff and the public.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nova Scotia Health says it plans to install these units at 12 sites across the province in the coming months, including the Halifax Infirmary site and Dartmouth General Hospital this month.<\/p>\n
Nova Scotia Health says the system brings with it many advantages, including reducing the number of secondary searches by about 25 per cent as well as improving screening times.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe safety and security of nurses, patients and others continues to be a high priority for the nurses\u2019 union. Using proven technology to reduce the risk of harm and violence in our workplaces is a worthwhile investment. This initiative offers prevention without intruding upon those who are providing or seeking care,\u201d said Janet Hazelton, president of the Nova Scotia Nurses\u2019 Union.<\/p>\n
Nova Scotia Health says the system is also better able to distinguish between everyday personal items and actual weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia Health is expanding a pilot program of AI-powered weapons detection systems installed in hospitals across the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":{"0":"post-326095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}