title: Reducing serious injury from falls in two veterans' hospital medical-surgical units.
abstract: A large veteran's hospital participated in a year-long collaborative project across 9 hospitals to reduce serious injury from falls in acute care, targeting medical-surgical units. The primary objective of this project was to develop and test a set of interventions (bundles) to prevent serious physical injury (fractures and hemorrhagic bleeds) from patient falls. The interventions were implemented using tests of change on 2 medical-surgical units focused on engaging unit-based staff and combining innovations for vulnerable populations at greatest risk for injury if they fall.
authors.affiliation: VISN 8 Patient Safety Center, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA. Patricia.Quigley@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Quigley
authors.forename: Bridget
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hahm
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Collazo
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Janzen
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Powell-Cope
authors.forename: Fanny
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: Innette
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sarduy
authors.forename: Kyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tyndall
authors.forename: Susan V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*