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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool3a.docx
January 28, 2013 - 3A: Master Clinical Pathway for Inpatient Falls
Background: The purpose of this tool is to provide an … Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team. … Section 7: Tools 1
Inpatient Falls Clinical Pathway
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool4b.docx
January 29, 2013 - Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team. … Files incident report for new falls and carries out postfall assessment. … Collaborates with other staff to ensure timely and accurate reporting of any falls and completion of … Works with nurse to provide appropriate educational materials and teaching to patients at risk for falls … Implements computerized alerts for medications that present high risk for falls, where appropriate.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool5c.docx
January 29, 2013 - Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team. … definition of fall and definition of injurious fall
Management culture rewards full reporting of falls … Fall rates (e.g., falls per 1,000 occupied bed days) are calculated
Fall rates are monitored
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/apcfigtxt9.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix C9: … Fall Interventions Monitor Sample
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/steps.html
October 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention
Implementation Steps and Timeline … Step 1: Agree To Use On-Time Falls Prevention
Nursing home leadership agrees to incorporate process … representative contacts the facility’s electronic medical record (EMR) vendor to confirm that On-Time falls … Introduce On-Time Falls Prevention
1 st month
5. Review Reports
1 st month
6. … Sustain the Effort
End of 9 th month to 12 th month
Return to Falls Prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Fall_Dashboard_Data_2021.xlsx
January 01, 2021 - chair alarm 8.0% 11,977 150,291
Visible identification of patient as being at risk for fall (e.g., Falling
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/apcfigtxt2.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix C2: … Mobility and Transfer Assessment Sample
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Note: This form has been filled out with information for … For instructions to the Get Up and Go Test and Wheelchair Screen, go to the Falls Assessment Cue Sheet
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/roadmap.html
January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Roadmap
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Roadmap
Acknowledgments
Overview
Icons
1. … 49.85 KB]
All interdisciplinary team members
1.2
Evaluate current organizational attention to falls … engineer, hospital employee who enters patient rooms
3.3
Identify important risk factors for falls … 5.1
Collect the right data to learn about falls, fall-related injuries, and their causes
Tool 5A,
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb5.html
February 01, 2023 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix B8: … Unsafe Behavior Worksheet
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Unsafe Behavior Worksheet
All behavior is meaningful; however … status, wheelchair use, postural hypotension, vision, and medications that was obtained during the Falls
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/webinars/webinar6_falls_sustainingpractices.pdf
January 01, 2013 - aim: lower fall rate 40% in 7 months
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Develop
assessment
protocol
Develop
knowledge
of falls … – For instance, reward staff for no preventable falls in 3
months. … • Recognize one staff member each
quarter for success in preventing
falls. … • Meet each month to address the root causes of falls. … Preventing falls
in hospitals: a toolkit for improving quality of care.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp-tool10.html
May 01, 2014 - If your BMI is:
Less than 18.5 , it falls within the "underweight" range.
18.5 to 24.9 , it falls … within the "normal" weight range.
25.0 to 29.9 , it falls within the "overweight" range.
30.0 or … higher , it falls within the "obese" range. … If your BMI falls outside of the "normal" weight range, you may want to talk to your health care team
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/gershon-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - compared to
people who are less than 60 years of age.46, 48 The elderly not only have a high incidence of falling … compared to people who are less than 60 years of age.40, 42 The elderly not only have a high
incidence of falling … Prevalence and correlates of fear of
falling, and associated avoidance of activity in the general population … Covariates of fear of falling, and associated activity
curtailment. … Restriction in activity associated wtih fear of falling among community-based seniors using
home care
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/831.html
September 01, 2022 - AHRQ Grantee Helps Prevent Patient Falls in Hospital and Community Care Settings . … AHRQ Grantee Helps Prevent Patient Falls in Hospital and Community Care Settings
It’s Falls Prevention … has dedicated her career to developing and disseminating evidence-based resources to reduce patient falls … Dykes evaluated the benefits of a falls prevention toolkit for hospitals and created software that helps … primary care physicians develop falls prevention strategies.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lapane-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The RAP trigger for falls is based on three criteria. … Meeting any one of these criteria
triggers the RAP for falls. … causes of falls (e.g., environment, balance, etc.). … et al, 1998), with over 50% of
residents falling each year. … Medications and falls. Causation, correlation, and prevention.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/implementation.html
January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
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Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Roadmap
Acknowledgments … What roles and responsibilities will staff have in preventing falls? … Our focus in this toolkit is primarily on preventing falls at the unit level. … patient asks to use the toilet or if patients are sitting in a position that puts them at risk for falling
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab16.html
December 01, 2012 - 23,518
18,337
Pressure Ulcer
3,322
4,088
3,865
3,029
3,557
3,496
Injurious Falls … 25,958
20,278
Pressure Ulcer
3,754
4,475
4,359
3,374
3,884
3,947
Injurious Falls … 15,491
12,897
Pressure Ulcer
2,118
2,834
2,481
1,988
2,480
2,233
Injurious Falls … 6,310
5,297
Pressure Ulcer
1,348
1,729
1,777
1,154
1,411
1,428
Injurious Falls … 21,295
18,297
Pressure Ulcer
2,614
3,022
2,987
2,392
2,628
2,719
Injurious Falls
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www.ahrq.gov/npsd/data/spotlights.html
February 01, 2025 - Falls: Associated Factors and Clinical Outcomes (PDF, 4.6 MB) examines clinical outcomes and factors … associated with falls by age and gender based on data that the NPSD received through the end of 2021
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb2txt.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix B2: … Patient Safety TRIPS (Text Description)
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Name: __________________________ Medical … site
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Other site (specify):
Was this person in the Falls … __ Yes If yes, send fax alert to MD.
__ No If no, consider enrollment in the Falls
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/outcomes.html
Patients
AHRQ Toolkit Helped Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Reduce Patient Falls by 21 Percent
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool3i.docx
January 01, 2012 - Evaluation Tools
Background: This tool can be used to identify medication-related risk factors for falls … or 3G, “STRATIFY Scale for Identifying Fall Risk Factors”) to determine if a patient is at risk for falls … evaluate patient
* Includes opiates.
† Although not included in the original scoring system, the falls … Evaluation Tools
Use the tools below when evaluating patients found to have high medication-related risk for falls