Facilities that are considering accepting people with bleeding disorders (BD) may need help thinking creatively about the ways in which they can safely and comfortably accommodate them.

This section provides responses to concerns that may be raised by behavioral health treatment facilities, such as:

• Medical complexity

• Self-injury or accidental injury in the facility

• Self-infusion or self-injection

• Overseeing infusions

• Storing and handling bleeding disorder medication

• Identifying someone to administer the infusion or injection

• Where the person will infuse or inject

• Paying for bleeding disorder medication

• Access to bleeding disorder medication

• Use of mental health medications that have potential impacts on coagulation

• Use of crisis intervention techniques for persons with bleeding disorders

• Use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

• Misuse of medication

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