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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/6fMLEz4CfAVoj9YBYVbm73
April 17, 2018 - are major risk
factors for incident osteoporotic fractures.1,6 Ten percent to 15%
of falls result in … older
adults at average and increased risk for falls without vitamin D in-
sufficiency or deficiency … The USPSTF found adequate evidence that
vitamin D supplementation does not prevent falls. … risk for falls;
multifactorial interventions may also be effective in some persons as well. … Interventions to
Prevent Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review
for the U.S.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837728/psn-pdf
July 27, 2022 - events, hospital-acquired infections, postoperative adverse events, hospital-acquired pressure ulcers,
falls … national-priorities-and-goals-aligning-our-efforts-transform-americas-healthcare
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838011/psn-pdf
January 01, 2023 - sensors that detect when a patient is trying to stand up – reduced fall rates among patients at risk
of falls … /issue/fall-prevention-smart-socks-system-reduces-hospital-fall-rates
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/844759/psn-pdf
September 18, 2019 - advanced electronic health
records experienced fewer adverse events, mostly notably medication errors, falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/care-transitions-app-patients-multiple-chronic-conditions
January 01, 2023 - Care transitions are a vulnerable period for patients, leading to post-discharge adverse events, falls … Care Transitions App will incorporate components from the research team’s prior work, specifically falls-reduction … Complications, such as falls or medication errors, could lead to readmissions. … The app will facilitate pre-discharge conversations with providers, provide personalized falls-reduction … The team will study the app’s effectiveness, noting whether its use decreases falls, adverse medication
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-ahrqs-time-pressure-ulcer-program/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Target Population: Elderly *
Summary: Pressure ulcers and injurious falls … Substantial research has documented that prevention of pressure ulcers and falls is possible, yet these … home staff to intervene in a timely manner with at-risk residents to reduce the incidence of injurious falls … Standardized set of documentation data elements and definitions
Clinical Reports and Tracking Tools
Falls … Prevention: High Risk Report
Falls Quality Improvement Monitor Reports
The avoidable hospitalization
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2012/Appendix_1A_Details_of_literature_review.pdf
January 01, 2012 - examining falls among older adults. … • The risk of falling increases as the number of risk factors increases (from 8% with no risk
factors … (Chang and Ganz, 2007)
• Age is a major risk factor for falls (one third of those experiencing falls … Examples of such consequences include
inability to eat, falling, soiling oneself and missing doctor’ … Accidental Injuries Potentially Due to Neglect
“wounds and injuries”[MeSH] OR “accidental injury”[MeSH]
“accidental
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33823/psn-pdf
January 01, 2017 - is important to recognize conditions that lead to injury, such as a wet floor leading to slips and falls … Slips and falls on wet floor
Planned change to microfiber mop
leaving floor drier than string mop … Attendant cleans &
replaces step stools
Trips &
Falls
Tripping and falling on stools
Step stools … lead
Always have a person at each leg
ready to lift together
Secure electrical
cords
Trips &
Falls … Trips/falls
Explore options (other than blankets)
to cover/secure cords
Check & replace
oxygen tank
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38832/psn-pdf
August 12, 2009 - effects-rounding-patient-satisfaction-and-patient-safety-medical-surgical-unit
Implementing an hourly rounding protocol by nurses resulted in a reduction in falls … effects-rounding-patient-satisfaction-and-patient-safety-medical-surgical-unit
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-nonpayment-hospital-falls-and-unintended-consequences
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb96.pdf
September 01, 2010 - However,
elderly patients ages 85 and over
accounted for one-third of stays for
injurious falls and … eligibles was nearly 2 to 4 times the
rate of stays for non-dual eligibles,
except for injurious falls … For other Medicare beneficiaries, it was injurious falls (1,109 stays per 100,000
enrollees). … Only the rate of stays for injurious falls was higher among non-dual eligible beneficiaries
compared … However, women comprised more than three-quarters of
stays for injurious falls (78 percent), asthma
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38048/psn-pdf
October 03, 2017 - when the last report was published --
were advanced pressure ulcers, retained foreign objects, and falls … psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/wrong-site-wrong-procedure-and-wrong-patient-surgery
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb156.jsp
May 01, 2013 - ED visits for injury are described based on the external cause of injury (e.g., falls, transport related … For example, over 70 percent of ED visits among persons aged 65 years and older were related to falls … The most common cause was falls (35.7 percent), followed by being struck by an object (18.3 percent) … Although falls were the most common type of injury that resulted in an ED visit for all age groups, falls … The NEDS includes 11 data elements that identify the cause of the injury: cutting, drowning, falling,
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45289/psn-pdf
May 03, 2017 - physicians, nurses, and pharmacists to rate the severity of harm for specific adverse events including falls … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measuring-harm-health-care-optimizing-adverse-event-review
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45011/psn-pdf
May 25, 2016 - organizations and how to apply them in health
care settings to address various concerns such as patient falls … becoming-high-reliability-organization-operational-advice-hospital-leaders
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46451/psn-pdf
September 27, 2017 - The toolkit
focuses on six areas of safety: infections, falls, medication errors, security, injuries … prevention-design-construction-and-renovation-health-care-facilities-patient-safety-and
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41985/psn-pdf
October 26, 2016 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/serious-reportable-events-healthcare-2011-update
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46460/psn-pdf
January 17, 2018 - randomized trials, there is a consistent association
between safety culture and patient outcomes such as falls … association-between-organisational-and-workplace-cultures-and-patient-outcomes-systematic
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47574/psn-pdf
November 21, 2018 - This narrative review
examines how care facility design can reduce health care–associated infections, falls … understanding-role-facility-design-acquisition-and-prevention-healthcare-associated
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44872/psn-pdf
February 12, 2016 - and
explores specific areas of focus to reduce harm such as hospital-acquired infections, patient falls … partnership-patients
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/partnership-patients
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46270/psn-pdf
April 16, 2018 - impact-restraint-management-bundle-restraint-use-intensive-care-unit
Although physical restraints may be used to protect patients in intensive care units from falls … patient-safety-culture-and-association-safe-resident-care-nursing-homes
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls