Implementation of an Evidence-Based Patient Safety Team to Prevent Falls in Inpatient Medical Units.

Autor: Godlock G, Christiansen M, Feider L
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Medsurg nursing : official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses [Medsurg Nurs] 2016 Jan-Feb; Vol. 25 (1), pp. 17-23.
Abstrakt: Falls are a patient safety priority among hospital inpatients. The creation of a Patient Safety Team engaged frontline staff in patient safety and falls prevention. This intervention decreased the fall rate from 1.90 to 0.69 falls per 1,000 occupied bed days.
Databáze: MEDLINE