“…There was also a lack of standardisation of chemical restraint, with a variety of drugs administered, including Haloperidol (Luk et al, ; MacSweeney et al, ), opiates (Fraser et al, ) and benzodiazepines (van der Kooi et al, ; Luk et al, ). Participants in multidisciplinary focus groups held by Palacios‐Cena et al () and Kydonaki, Hanley, Huby, Antonelli, and Walsh () described the lack of standardised and evidence‐based agents for the management of agitated or delirious patients. This led to variation in dose and confusion amongst nursing staff (Palacios‐Cena et al, ) and reliance on doctors' clinical preferences and a “trial and error” approach (Kydonaki et al, ).…”