
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Epstein, Merinda 
T1  - Safe times: 11.30am&ndash;12.00&nbsp;and 4.30pm&ndash;5.00'
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2006
VL  - 30
IS  - 2
SP  - 137
EP  - 143
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH060137 
N2  - RECENTLY I WENT to visit a friend in a public psychiatric unit. I had quite a long wait as she was being brought out of the High Dependency Unit. As I was sitting there I was staring at the nurses? station when I spotted the sign attached to the wall. It simply said, ?SAFE TIMES: 11.30am?12.00 and 4.30pm ? 5.00?. I laughed. As a veteran of acute psychiatric wards it seemed absolutely appropriate that two half-hour slots were the only times that the unit staff felt confident to claim that safety for patients could be anticipated. Eventually I worked out what it really meant. Of course, silly me, these were the times the safe would be unlocked and you?d be able to get your money out! 
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