NCCHC accreditation requires continuous quality improvement in mental health care delivered at your facility.    A continuous quality improvement (CQI) program includes regular meetings of a quality improvement committee to identify aspects of mental health care to be monitored or addressed. Once an area of concern is identified, the committee develops and implements a clinical […]

Shown to be the safest eating utensil for correctional and psychiatric facilities, EcoSecurity®Utensil (ESU) can also help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The sturdy, U.S.-made paperboard eating utensil is safer for lockdown or quarantine because it is disposable, reducing the spread of viral matter. Plus, heightened agitation from restrictions can increase the need for a […]

EcoSecurity Utensil (ESU) is designed to help reduce incidents of suicide and harm to self or for at risk patients. Used by over a thousand of hospitals, psychiatric facilities, rehabilitation centers and other facilities around the world, ESU is also a helpful in reducing the spread of viral matter because they are the only truly […]

SAN QUENTIN (via CBS SF Local) — While California has not executed a death row inmate since 2006, an out-of-control COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin State Prison may have contributed to the death of a fifth condemned inmate on Saturday. To date, more than 1,300 prisoners and 120 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 […]

By By Arj Singh, HUFF POST , Politics, June 22, 2020   Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing.  The rate of self-harm in prisons has nearly doubled over the last five years, prompting warnings of a mental health crisis, official figures show. There were 63,328 self-harm incidents in […]

EcoSecurity Utensil deeply appreciates the correctional community, and the brave men and women on the front lines. Correctional staff are in harm’s way every day. Daily news reports on the rapid spread of the coronavirus within jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers are frightening.   The World Health Organization has warned that prisons around the […]

According Dr. Amanda Klonsky, a leader of a prison education organization, US jails and prisons provide the perfect environment for the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus. Dr. Klonsky outlines the risk to both inmates and those working inside the prisons in her March 16, 2020 opinion piece in the New York Times. “If you […]

  Can a safe disposable utensil help correctional facilities control the spread of COVID-19 at meal time?     Already a proven safety utensil for correctional, psychiatric and security facilities, the EcoSecurity® Utensil (ESU) makes sense as a safe eating utensil for your COVID-19 challenges. The sturdy, U.S. made paperboard utensils can safely be used […]

UPDATE: COVID – 19 How can ESU help under the current national lock down orders? Are you experiencing more agitation due to confinement within cells?    The sanitary, disposable paperboard EcoSecurity® Utensil (ESU) can help you meet CDC, ACA, BOP, state and other guidelines for reducing the spread of COVID-19, while also reducing potential for […]

IMPORTANT:   Out of an abundance of caution for our customers and staff, for the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak, returns on paper utensil products or dispensers will NOT BE ACCEPTED until further notice.    Thank you for your understanding.

Dear Valued Customer: As all our daily lives change during the COVID 19 pandemic, our hearts go out to all who have been affected. We wish all of you, your families, our communities and charges, health and safety. We wanted to reach out and let you know that our business continuity plans are working well […]

BY PAOLA LORIGGIO, THE CANADIAN PRESS, June 12, 2019 The number of Ontario teens visiting a hospital emergency department for self-harm more than doubled over nearly a decade, according to a new study that researchers say shows rising demand for mental health supports in the province. The study, published this week in the Canadian Journal […]