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New Clinical Standard Work Pathway for Suicide

April 3, 2019

Suicide is the second leading cause of death in children and adolescents ages 10 to 24. Screening for suicide is now a requirement of hospital accreditation organizations DNV Healthcare and The Joint Commission.

In March 2019 Seattle Children’s began universal, standardized suicide risk screening and triage for patients ages 10 and older who are seen in our Emergency Department (nonacute) or admitted as an inpatient. Read more about Seattle Children’s Suicide Screening Pathway.

For questions about this Pathway, please email [email protected].