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Patients require extra care and attention like children. The levels of care and attention however differ with the difference in their conditions. Ultimate care levels are ensured wherever the patients are kept. Whether they are hospitalized or are at home, their safety needs are the same. At home, they rather require enhanced safety levels, and minimized risk of injuries, because at a hospital, they are kept under medical supervision for 24 hours. Whereas, while staying at home, there are always chances of staying alone without being under supervision for many hours each day. This can be different if a nurse has been hired to look after the patient.

There can be many instances when a patient or his/her attendee needs privacy and wants to lock the door. This requires door locks, which are easier and safer as the one staying in is a patient, a person who is not in good health. That is why; the doors at the hospital are installed with functional anti-ligatures and doorknobs. Their installation ensures easy function as well as minimised patient risk by and large.

With keys relying door-locking systems, there are risks that the key may be lost or fall down. This can be difficult for the unwell person especially if he is unable to crouch down and pick up the key. Else, it can be more dreadful if the key slips under the bed or any other piece of furniture.

Regardless of the key loss prospect, a doorknob is an easy to operate system, which doesn’t need a precise hand and finger grip. Those patients whose grip is not firm due to hand wounds or overall physical weakness can hold anti-ligatures without effort. Least effort is required to lock the door if it is installed with anti-ligatures. Even a kid can lock and unlock such door.

Another important point that encourages installation of doorknobs and anti-ligatures is that they are round in form. They are not a risk for patients’ safety and they diminish risk chance. Other angular or bar handles installed in a door can be hazardous as a patient’s wound coverings or any other attached tubes can entangle in them. It is the most unlikely event in a patient’s case. A patient is taken to a hospital for maximum care and speedy recovery. If such high-risk items are there in a hospital, the risk of a patient’s getting injured is higher.

Door handles comparatively are difficult to operate, as they need more force than simple twisting of doorknob. A patient may hurt himself badly while trying to open a door installed with a handle. There are chances that a patient, especially if he/she is disabled, tries to apply force and fall down by losing overall body balance in the effort.

Door locking systems can be hurtful for a patient’s psychology along with bodily hurt. When a patient will be unsuccessful to use a door handle because of the extra force exertion need, he may feel that he is not recovering. This can discourage the person under medical treatment unconsciously and can slacken the wellness process.

Everywhere, it is made a point that the risk element is minimized for patients. It is important that add-ons, appliances, tools, and gimmicks that are installed near and about a patient be for his assistance, not damage. The selection of these must depend on keen observation and care.