One systematic review found evidence of a possible 18% reduction in risk of falls when interventions were multiple, that is, included several interventions. There was a limited amount of literature concerning patients perspectives and organisational aspects of fall prevention in hospitals. Also, the ...
In this interview, Prof. Pittet provides insights into the relevance of infection prevention for hospitals and the challenges that are encountered when trying to implement respective measures and strategies. Breaking the chain of infection Breaking the chain of infection is an important step in ...
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. According to the CDC, “One out of every...
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...
Prevention of falls and fall related injuries in older people in nursing homes and hospitals unavailable] L Gillespie,H Handoll - 《Injury Prevention Journal of the International Society for Child & Adolescent Injury Prevention》 被引量: 58发表: 2010年 ...
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...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Given the complexity of the opioid epidemic, we have to keep working within our spheres of influence. For those of us in anesthesiology, that means focusing on surgical patients: improving their outcomes and providing effective perioperative pain management al...
For example, steps needed for full implementation include improved access to patient information and clinical knowledge to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment; changes on the part of other stakeholders (consumers, other physicians, hospitals, health plans, employers, governments and such life ...
When paired with smart hospital beds, MEDI+SIGN can help reduce the frequency of patient falls in hospitals. With patent-pending algorithms, MEDI+SIGN can determine the fall risk of the patient, check the condition of the bed and display any safety conflicts to all of the MEDI+SIGN display ...
It also has a built-in fall risk assessment feature, which allows seniors to perform fall risk assessment at homes, instead of going to the hospitals. In the future, the company will develop gait analysis algorithms for early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and dementia. The system also ...