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21. Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. | PSNet
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    December 24, 2008 - Toolkit Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. … Citation Text: Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. … Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Preventing Falls … in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. … May 1, 2016 Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals.

22. 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 . … more than 50% among patients determined to be at high-risk of falling. … August 9, 2023 Why hospitals still make serious medical errors—and how they are trying … April 17, 2013 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurse Care … Patient Falls Technologic Approaches

23. 6-PACK programme to decrease fall injuries in acute hospitals: cluster randomised controlled trial. | PSNet
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    December 21, 2014 - The bundle included assessing patients' risk for falling along with several widely used tactics to prevent … October 4, 2011 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance … July 5, 2023 Nursing care quality and adverse events in US hospitals. … July 5, 2013 Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review. … April 15, 2009 Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls

24. Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial. | PSNet
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    February 01, 2023 - Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial. … Patient falls are among the preventable complications of hospital care for which hospitals no longer … reduction in falls by using a customized fall prevention strategy. … Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial. … November 23, 2016 Patient education to prevent falls among older hospital inpatients:

25. Using Root Cause Analysis to Reduce Falls in Rural Health Care Facilities (pdf file)
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    March 09, 2008 - Falls account for at least 40 percent of all accidents in hospitals and are the leading cause of injury … The rural acute care hospital experienced an 84 percent decrease in initial falls (from 19 to three) … in the AHRQ HIT grant, including six critical access hospitals (CAHs). … Absolute change in falls per 1000 patient days Hospital A 283 6 21 344 1 3 -18 Hospital B … Economic dimensions of slip and fall injuries. J For Sci 1996; 41: 733-746. 5.

26. 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 - ' fall risks in hospitals and implications for multifactorial approaches to fall prevention. … 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 … falls prevention strategies. … Talking about falls: a qualitative exploration of spoken communication of patients’ fall risks in hospitals

27. The tension between promoting mobility and preventing falls in the hospital. | PSNet
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    April 24, 2018 - Commentary The tension between promoting mobility and preventing falls in the hospital … The Tension Between Promoting Mobility and Preventing Falls in the Hospital. … The Tension Between Promoting Mobility and Preventing Falls in the Hospital. … December 9, 2020 In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units … in four hospitals in the United States.

28. Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care (pdf file)
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    February 26, 2008 - Patient falls in acute care hospitals account for a significant number of patient injuries.2 Serious … Accidental falls. … However, they are at higher risk for injury if an unanticipated or accidental fall occurs, so they are … Falls in acute hospitals. Available at: www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pdf/1_1998_Falls.pdf. … Falls risk factors in the hospital setting: A systematic review.

29. Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hook_25.pdf
    February 26, 2008 - Patient falls in acute care hospitals account for a significant number of patient injuries.2 Serious … Accidental falls. … However, they are at higher risk for injury if an unanticipated or accidental fall occurs, so they are … Falls in acute hospitals. Available at: www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pdf/1_1998_Falls.pdf. … Falls risk factors in the hospital setting: A systematic review.

30. In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units in four hospitals in the United States. | PSNet
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    December 12, 2012 - Study In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units in four … hospitals in the United States. … In-Hospital Sequelae of Injurious Falls in 24 Medical/Surgical Units in Four Hospitals in the United … In-Hospital Sequelae of Injurious Falls in 24 Medical/Surgical Units in Four Hospitals in the United … October 19, 2022 The tension between promoting mobility and preventing falls in the hospital

31. Minnesota Hospital Association Statewide Project: SAFE from FALLS. | PSNet
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    May 05, 2014 - Commentary Minnesota Hospital Association Statewide Project: SAFE from FALLS. … Minnesota Hospital Association Statewide Project: SAFE from FALLS. … Minnesota Hospital Association Statewide Project: SAFE from FALLS. … and fall-related injuries in mental health: a 1-year multihospital falls collaborative. … October 12, 2011 Adverse Events in Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries

32. Preventing Falls and Injury While in the Hospital (pdf file)
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    June 16, 2021 - Preventing Falls and Injury While in the Hospital Preventing Falls and Injury While in the … and Injury While in the Hospital, Page 2 Keeping you safe Here are some ways that you and your caregivers … R Use grab bars in the bathroom. Walking to stay active Staying active helps to prevent falls. … R Your family may want to stay with you while you are in the hospital. … Document Title: Preventing Falls and Injury While in the Hospital Keeping you safe

33. Is it possible to identify risks for injurious falls in hospitalized patients? | PSNet
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    December 12, 2012 - Since only about 1 in 10 falls result in injury, some argue that rather than trying to prevent all falls … December 12, 2012 In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units … in four hospitals in the United States. … June 13, 2011 Falls in English and Welsh hospitals: a national observational study based … General Internal Medicine Hospital Medicine Patient Falls View More

34. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 31, 2023 - - customized-prevention Summary Patient falls in hospitals are common and debilitating adverse events … Still, patients in hospitals fall up to 1 million times per year.7 An estimated 30% of these falls result … After implementing the program, the hospitals saw an overall adjusted 15% reduction in falls compared … Secure buy-in from hospital leadership. … Falls in hospital increase length of stay regardless of degree of harm. 

35. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 18, 2024 - to 1 million patients fall in hospitals in the United States each year.4 Patient death or serious injury … In hospitals, falls with injuries can lead to other adverse outcomes including pressure injuries or … Fall TIPS is used in more than 500 hospitals in the United States and internationally, and it is associated … with a 25% reduction in falls in hospital settings. … Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in-patients: a systematic review.

36. 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. … In general, the researchers found very-low-certainty evidence that sitters reduce fall risk in acute … Sitters as a Patient Safety Strategy to Reduce Hospital Falls. … hospitals: a descriptive study.

37. 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. … This study assessed the impact of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) on falls in older adults … Potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on falls during hospital admission. … January 12, 2022 Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review.

38. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 18, 2024 - Is that true for falls both in and out of the hospital? Patricia Dykes: Yes. … in hospitals, and they were all negative trials. … We conducted a clinical trial in four hospitals in Boston and saw the first significant decrease in falls … used in hospitals around the world. … Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in- patients: a systematic review.

39. Reducing falls with a safety spotter program. | PSNet
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    November 16, 2022 - efforts can be costly for hospitals . … This commentary describes how a hospital employed "spotters" to watch and interact with patients at risk … September 1, 2021 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance … in ORs in the Veterans Health Administration. … March 2, 2016 Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

40. 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. … The impact of the built environment on patient falls in hospital rooms: an integrative review. … to identification of serious injury after falls in hospital inpatients. … June 5, 2019 A systematic review of falls in hospital for patients with communication