preventionrestraintsafetyFalls are among the most common, yet potentially preventable, adverse events experienced by patients in hospitals. Such serious outcomes as physical and emotional injury, increased dependence, admission to a long-term care facility, and poor quality of life can result from ...
The present study is the first to model the cost effectiveness of an intervention for the prevention of falls in hospitals using both cost and effect data collected from a randomized controlled trial. This study also sought to measure the economic burden of an in-hospital fall and the cost of...
fall and fall prevention strategies in hospitals have been a focus of research for over 6 decades and the evidence has been evaluated in systematic reviews and meta-analyses.4-6 Despite decades of research and a growing body of evidence for prevention, many hospital-based fall prevention programs...
Falls in hospitals remain an ongoing concern, despite world-wide recognition of this persistent problem [1]. Rates vary widely across hospitals globally and typically range from 3 to 11 falls per 1000 bed days [2,3,4]. Around 25% of hospital falls are injurious, and result in fractures, s...
000 to 1 million falls happen in U.S. hospitals each year, leading to around 250,000 injuries and up to 11,000 deaths. This data highlights the critical need for effective fall prevention strategies in healthcare, particularly in settings where patients may be at higher risk due to age,...
Hospitals are implementing a variety of fall prevention programs to reduce the fall rates of hospitalized patients. But if patients don't perceive themselves to be at risk for falling and don't adhere to fall prevention strategies, such programs are likely to be less effective. The purpose of ...
In addition to training, medical staff around the world should have easy access to fall prevention devices, as patient falls in hospitals continue to hold significant risks. Certain devices allow already overworked nurses to hinder significant patient harm. ...
We took each of the eight wards involved in turn, and gathered as many people together as possible who were associated with that ward and fall prevention. The aim was to spend time discussing how issues relating to falls prevention could be addressed. What was the learning in service improveme...
Referred to as “never events” to underscore that they should never occur, these accidents and their prevention are top priorities among healthcare organizations. In the absence of effective, sustainable solutions, many hospitals have resorted to the labor-intensive approach of assigning a member of...
be applied in state hospitals and institutions for the mentally handicapped and the elderly. Such places currently house thousands of people who have neither hope nor any prospect of a life that even approaches normality. Legalization of passive euthanasia could prompt an increased number of suits by...