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41. Assessment of a wearable fall prevention system at a Veterans Health Administration hospital. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - Preventing patient falls in hospital settings is a patient safety priority . … by more than 50% among patients determined to be at high-risk of falling. … July 10, 2024 The impact of adding a 2-way video monitoring system on falls and costs … April 24, 2024 Remote patient monitoring improves patient falls and reduces harm. … View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurse Care Patient Falls

42. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    June 15, 2024 - Falls June 15, 2024 Falls. PSNet [internet]. 2019. … Patients in long-term care facilities are also at very high risk of falls. … Falls that do not result in injury can be serious as well. … family members, and health care staff, and may mark the beginning of a negative cycle where fear of falling … Preventing Falls in Healthcare Settings https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer

43. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 31, 2023 - and what precipitated the falls. … psnet.ahrq.gov//#3 https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#4 https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#5 https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#6 from falling … BWH.HARVARD.EDU Date First Implemented 2009-01-01 Problem Addressed Patients are particularly vulnerable to falling … 34% reduction in injurious falls (0.73 vs. 0.48 injurious falls per 1,000 patient days). … Preventing falls in hospitalized patients: state of the science.

44. Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and injuries: a nonrandomized controlled trial. | PSNet
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    February 01, 2023 - Study Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and … Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and injuries: a nonrandomized … Patient falls are an ongoing source of preventable harm , yet mitigating the fall risk of inpatients … After implementation of Fall TIPS toolkit, there was a 15% reduction in falls and a 35% reduction in … falls with injuries.

45. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    August 09, 2023 - assessment-wearable-fall-prevention-system-veterans-health-administration- hospital Preventing patient falls … SmartSocks – socks containing pressure sensors that detect when a patient is trying to stand up – reduced falls … by more than 50% among patients determined to be at high-risk of falling. … assessment-wearable-fall-prevention-system-veterans-health-administration-hospital https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-injury https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-smart-socks-system-reduces-hospital-fall-rates

46. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    August 26, 2015 - Preventing Falls With Injury. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-injury Patient falls are preventable and can be addressed … toolkit provides a process to help health care organizations determine factors that contribute to falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-injury https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial … inpatient-fall-prevention-programs-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/primary-care-relevant-interventions-prevent-falling-older-adults-systematic-evidence-review

47. Patient falls in the operating room: why is this still a problem in 2024? | PSNet
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    May 08, 2024 - Commentary Patient falls in the operating room: why is this still a problem in 2024 … Patient falls in the operating room: why is this still a problem in 2024? … This commentary describes the challenges of using national falls databases to learn from falls occurring … prevention of falls in and around the operating room . … Patient falls in the operating room: why is this still a problem in 2024?

48. Potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on falls during hospital admission. | PSNet
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    January 12, 2022 - Study Potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on falls during hospital … Potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on falls during hospital admission. … and compared the impact of three deprescribing tools on inpatient falls. … Potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on falls during hospital admission. … January 12, 2022 Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review.

49. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    October 04, 2011 - Insights into the climate of safety towards the prevention of falls among hospital staff. … Insights into the climate of safety towards the prevention of falls among hospital staff. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/insights-climate-safety-towards-prevention-falls-among-hospital-staff This … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/insights-climate-safety-towards-prevention-falls-among-hospital-staff https … psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/primary-care-relevant-interventions-prevent-falling-older-adults-systematic-evidence-review

50. Patient falls in the operating room setting: an analysis of reported safety events. | PSNet
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    November 17, 2021 - Study Patient falls in the operating room setting: an analysis of reported safety … Patient falls in the operating room setting: an analysis of reported safety events. … Inpatient falls are a common patient safety event and can have serious consequences . … Falls represented 1% of all safety reports between 2014 and 2020 and most commonly involved falls from … Patient falls in the operating room setting: an analysis of reported safety events.

51. Talking about falls: a qualitative exploration of spoken communication of patients' fall risks in hospitals and implications for multifactorial approaches to fall prevention. | PSNet
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    July 20, 2022 - Study Talking about falls: a qualitative exploration of spoken communication of patients … Talking about falls: a qualitative exploration of spoken communication of patients’ fall risks in hospitals … Reducing or preventing inpatient falls is a common focus of patient safety improvement efforts in hospitals … study in three orthopedic and three geriatric wards describes multidisciplinary communication about falls … Talking about falls: a qualitative exploration of spoken communication of patients’ fall risks in hospitals

52. Patient falls while under supervision: trends from incident reporting. | PSNet
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    January 11, 2023 - Study Patient falls while under supervision: trends from incident reporting. … Patient falls while under supervision: trends from incident reporting. … Preventing inpatient falls is a patient safety target. … Findings indicate that nearly one in five falls occurred while the patient was under enhanced supervision … Patient falls while under supervision: trends from incident reporting.

53. The Nursing Home Expert Panel’s Falls Investigation Guide Toolkit: How-To Guide. | PSNet
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    January 09, 2025 - Tools/Toolkit The Nursing Home Expert Panel’s Falls Investigation Guide Toolkit: … Citation Text: The Nursing Home Expert Panel’s Falls Investigation Guide Toolkit: How-To Guide. … Patient falls are common sentinel events . … latest revision of this toolkit shares insights on applying the tenets of root cause analysis to falls … Cite Citation Citation Text: The Nursing Home Expert Panel’s Falls

54. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    February 14, 2017 - issue/6-pack-programme-decrease-fall-injuries-acute-hospitals-cluster-randomised- controlled-trial Falls … The bundle included assessing patients' risk for falling along with several widely used tactics to prevent … falls. … Despite successful implementation of the fall prevention bundle, falls occurred just as frequently on … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tension-between-needing-improve-care-and-knowing-how-do-it https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/falling-through-crack-bedrails

55. A longitudinal study of a multifaceted intervention to reduce newborn falls while preserving rooming-in on a mother-baby unit. | PSNet
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    March 20, 2019 - Study A longitudinal study of a multifaceted intervention to reduce newborn falls … A longitudinal study of a multifaceted intervention to reduce newborn falls while preserving rooming-in … Newborn falls or drops are receiving increasing attention as a patient safety issue. … Three years after implementation, the hospital achieved one year without any newborn falls and there … A longitudinal study of a multifaceted intervention to reduce newborn falls while preserving rooming-in

56. The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and prevention of falls in children with physical and cognitive impairments. | PSNet
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    September 14, 2022 - EMERGING INNOVATIONS The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and prevention of falls in children … Citation Text: The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and prevention of falls in children … with physical or cognitive disabilities can be at higher risk for patient safety events, such as falls … follow-up from 2015 to 2022, as well as a 33% decrease in falls due to intrinsic factors. … September 14, 2022 View More Related Resources Reducing falls in

57. Is it possible to identify risks for injurious falls in hospitalized patients? | PSNet
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    December 12, 2012 - Study Is it possible to identify risks for injurious falls in hospitalized patients … Is it possible to identify risks for injurious falls in hospitalized patients? … Since only about 1 in 10 falls result in injury, some argue that rather than trying to prevent all falls … , a better approach would be to try to prevent injuries from falls. … Is it possible to identify risks for injurious falls in hospitalized patients?

58. National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit 2004. | PSNet
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    May 24, 2017 - Toolkit National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit 2004. … Citation Text: National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit 2004. … Toolkit to assist VA facilities in implementing or improving falls prevention efforts. … The toolkit provides information on (1) designing a falls prevention and management program; (2) effective … The web version of the toolkit includes a falls notebook for practitioners implementing a program, media

59. The impact of the built environment on patient falls in hospital rooms: an integrative review. | PSNet
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    July 27, 2022 - Review The impact of the built environment on patient falls in hospital rooms: an … The impact of the built environment on patient falls in hospital rooms: an integrative review. … Decreasing inpatient falls requires improvements in both processes of care and the care environment … The impact of the built environment on patient falls in hospital rooms: an integrative review. … June 5, 2019 A systematic review of falls in hospital for patients with communication

60. Reducing falls in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer and blood disorders: a quality improvement journey. | PSNet
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    November 16, 2022 - Study Reducing falls in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer and blood … Reducing falls in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer and blood disorders: a quality improvement … Falls with injury are a never event. … This article describes a multipronged improvement effort to reduce falls in a pediatric hospital. … risks, physical therapy to reduce deconditioning, and completion of apparent cause analysis for all falls