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161. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 14, 2015 - Reducing falls with a safety spotter program. … Reducing falls with a safety spotter program. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-falls-safety-spotter-program Patients at high risk for falls can … commentary describes how a hospital employed "spotters" to watch and interact with patients at risk for falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-falls-safety-spotter-program https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities

162. Sitters as a patient safety strategy to reduce hospital falls: a systematic review. | PSNet
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     March 08, 2023 - Review Sitters as a patient safety strategy to reduce hospital falls: a systematic … Sitters as a Patient Safety Strategy to Reduce Hospital Falls. … Sitters as a Patient Safety Strategy to Reduce Hospital Falls. … February 8, 2023 Potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on falls during … More About The Topic Researchers Hospitals Quality and Safety Professionals Patient Falls

163. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 17, 2011 - Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-nonpayment-hospital-falls-and-unintended-consequences In October … new policy that withholds payments for eight preventable complications of care, including hospital falls … between preventing falls and a more important goal of encouraging patient mobility.

164. Is single room hospital accommodation associated with differences in healthcare-associated infection, falls, pressure ulcers or medication errors? A natural experiment with non-equivalent controls. | PSNet
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     June 21, 2016 - single room hospital accommodation associated with differences in healthcare-associated infection, falls … single room hospital accommodation associated with differences in healthcare-associated infection, falls … Falls , pressure ulcers, and Clostridium difficile infections increased in the older patients' ward … On the acute assessment unit, falls and medication errors temporarily increased for the first 6 months … single room hospital accommodation associated with differences in healthcare-associated infection, falls

165. Influence of unit-level staffing on medication errors and falls in military hospitals. | PSNet
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     February 02, 2011 - Study Influence of unit-level staffing on medication errors and falls in military … Influence of unit-level staffing on medication errors and falls in military hospitals. … This study found that staff category and patient acuity were associated with medication errors and falls … Influence of unit-level staffing on medication errors and falls in military hospitals.

166. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 13, 2022 - issue/strength-improvement-recommendations-injurious-fall-investigations- retrospective-multi Patient falls … This study retrospectively reviewed inpatient falls resulting in injury and the strength of the improvement … strength-improvement-recommendations-injurious-fall-investigations-retrospective-multi https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/never-events https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-built-environment-patient-falls-hospital-rooms-integrative-review

167. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 27, 2022 - interventions to reduce duration and variability in delays to identification of serious injury after falls … interventions to reduce duration and variability in delays to identification of serious injury after falls … multifactorial-interventions-reduce-duration-and-variability-delays-identification- serious Hospitals employ a variety of strategies to prevent inpatient falls … mapping to identify opportunities to improve timely diagnosis of serious injury resulting from inpatient falls … inpatient-fall-prevention-programs-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-injury

168. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 04, 2017 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-hospitals-training-program Falls are a primary focus of … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-hospitals-training-program https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities https … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-hospitals-toolkit-improving-quality-care https://psnet.ahrq.gov … /issue/preventing-falls-hospitals-toolkit-improving-quality-care https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multicomponent-fall-prevention-strategy-reduces-falls-academic-medical-center

169. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 23, 2011 - Applying root cause analysis to improve patient safety: decreasing falls in postpartum women. … Applying root cause analysis to improve patient safety: decreasing falls in postpartum women. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/applying-root-cause-analysis-improve-patient-safety-decreasing-falls- postpartum-women … This Taiwanese study used root cause analysis to identify causal factors for falls in postpartum women … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/applying-root-cause-analysis-improve-patient-safety-decreasing-falls-postpartum-women

170. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2011 - Exploring organizational context and structure as predictors of medication errors and patient falls. … Exploring Organizational Context and Structure as Predictors of Medication Errors and Patient Falls. … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploring-organizational-context-and-structure-predictors-medication-errors- and-patient-falls … Strategies to prevent medication errors and patient falls are a continuing focus of ongoing safety … Investigators discovered that structural measures had limited impact on medication errors and falls,

171. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 11, 2017 - The tension between promoting mobility and preventing falls in the hospital. … The Tension Between Promoting Mobility and Preventing Falls in the Hospital. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tension-between-promoting-mobility-and-preventing-falls-hospital This commentary … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tension-between-promoting-mobility-and-preventing-falls-hospital https:/ … identifying-unintended-consequences-quality-indicators-qualitative-study https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls

172. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 06, 2017 - A multicomponent fall prevention strategy reduces falls at an academic medical center. … A Multicomponent Fall Prevention Strategy Reduces Falls at an Academic Medical Center. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multicomponent-fall-prevention-strategy-reduces-falls-academic-medical- … quality improvement intervention in three hospital units demonstrated a decrease in the number of falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multicomponent-fall-prevention-strategy-reduces-falls-academic-medical-center

173. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 04, 2010 - Relationship between call light use and response time and inpatient falls in acute care settings. … Relationship between call light use and response time and inpatient falls in acute care settings. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationship-between-call-light-use-and-response-time-and-inpatient-falls … As hospitals search for effective interventions to reduce falls, the authors advocate for tracking call … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta

174. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 09, 2022 - issue/potentially-harmful-medication-dispenses-after-fall-or-hip-fracture-mixed- methods-study While falls … are common in older adults, there was a 31% increase in death due to falls in the U.S. from 2007-2016 … Interviews with 22 physicians identified patient reluctance to report falls and inconsistent assessment … , and documentation of falls made it challenging to consider falls when prescribing medications.

175. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 02, 2016 - Special Issue on Falls. March 2, 2016 Alverzo JP. (ed). Rehabil Nurs. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/special-issue-falls Safety challenges in residential care facilities are … Articles in this special issue explore falls in rehabilitation settings, including nurses' role in managing … fall risks and strategies to prevent falls. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/special-issue-falls https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-culture-long-term-care-cross-sectional-analysis-safety-attitudes-questionnaire-nursing

176. Interventions for preventing falls in acute- and chronic-care hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | PSNet
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     December 12, 2014 - Review Interventions for preventing falls in acute- and chronic-care hospitals: a … Interventions for preventing falls in acute- and chronic-care hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis … This review analyzed relevant literature and determined that the number of patient falls has not been … Interventions for preventing falls in acute- and chronic-care hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

177. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 13, 2008 - Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls. … Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/innovation-patient-safety-new-task-design-reducing-patient-falls This study … prone position, rather than sitting-standing, when helping patients transfer out of bed to prevent falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/innovation-patient-safety-new-task-design-reducing-patient-falls https:/

178. Nurses' perceptions of safety culture in long-term care settings. | PSNet
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     April 06, 2011 - facilities are particularly vulnerable to patient safety problems such as medication errors and falls … September 1, 2021 Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from … falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care. … November 27, 2012 Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from … falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care.

179. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 28, 2012 - Interventions for preventing falls in acute- and chronic- care hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis … Interventions for preventing falls in acute- and chronic-care hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic … review-and-meta This review analyzed relevant literature and determined that the number of patient falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta

180. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 12, 2012 - Effects of an intervention to increase bed alarm use to prevent falls in hospitalized patients: a cluster … Effects of an intervention to increase bed alarm use to prevent falls in hospitalized patients: a cluster … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effects-intervention-increase-bed-alarm-use-prevent-falls-hospitalized-patients … cluster In this randomized controlled trial, use of a standardized bed alarm system did not reduce falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effects-intervention-increase-bed-alarm-use-prevent-falls-hospitalized-patients-cluster