Purpose: This quality improvement (QI) initiative aimed to promote patient safety by improving adherence to an existing hospital-approved fall prevention protocol. Specific aims of the initiative were to evaluate the impact of using a fall prevention checklist on (1) the implementation of a bundle ...
Falls are common among older people in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Falls cause considerable morbidity, mortality and reduced quality of life. Of numerous interventional studies of fall prevention interventions in LTCFs, some reduced falls. However, there are challenges to implementing these in...
older peoples’ reflections and perspectives on the three components of EBP - evidence-based knowledge, clinical expertise, and patient values- in fall-prevention. Currently, there is limited knowledge about older people’s views on EBP in fall prevention, including evidence-based knowledge, clinical ...
The COREQ checklist is shown in Appendix 1. Participants and setting A purposive sample of paramedics and ambulance officers, with at least one year (working either full time, or part time equivalent, of one year) of clinical experience working on-road in WA formed the participant group [21...
To prevent the spread of infection, schools should provide parents a checklist to document that children have no symptoms every morning and no other family members are ill at home. Schools should also use paraprofessionals (such as nursing aides and other trained staff) to screen children quickly...
Specific aims of the initiative were to evaluate the impact of using a fall prevention checklist on (1) the implementation of a bundle of 14 specific interventions (the fall prevention protocol) and (2) the incidence of falls on participating units....
preventionbarrierslong-term careFalls are highly prevalent and lead to major health morbidity and mortality in older adults. We developed a "STOP-FALLING" checklist as a multifactorial intervention tool kit for a single long-term care facility. The objective of this study was to determine ...
Resources...7 Appendix A Periodic Inspection ReportAppendix B Sweeping LogAppendix C Walking and Working Surfaces鈥 --鈥塖elf Inspection ChecklistAppendix D Accident Investigation ReportAppendix E Snow and Ice Control Record
Checklist—Fall Risk Factors. Available online: https://www.cdc.gov/steadi/pdf/STEADI-Form-RiskFactorsCk-508.pdf (accessed on 10 August 2020). Arnold, C.M.; Faulkner, R.A. The history of falls and the association of the timed up and go test to falls and near-falls in older adults ...