Acute care patient falls: evaluation of a revised fall prevention program following comparative analysis of psychiatric and medical patient falls.
Eliminating falls and fall-associated injuries are priorities in health care. This study examined the impact of revised fall prevention interventions on psychiatric and medical patient falls. After policy revisions were well established, psychiatric falls diminished and medical falls increased. A contributing factor to the medical population finding was policy intervention noncompliance.
Catawba Valley Medical Center, Hickory, NC 28602, USA. kyates@catawbavalleymc.org
Kimberly M
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Yates
Rebecca
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Creech Tart
D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008875:Middle Aged; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012308:Risk Management