According to Quigley 2013, falls and fall injuries in hospitals are the most frequently reported adverse event among adults in the inpatient setting. There have been many studies done that shows how falls can be prevented. However falls are still occuring. I think your facilitie's strategy of preventing falls by doing methods such as fall tree is an excellent idea about the fall tree. Of course people are concerned about patient's fall. however when you can actually see it as a graphic and get rewarded for it; people tend to work harder for a prize. It seems as of you and your team members have put a lot of effort on the prevention of falls. You all have provides tons of education and made it an interesting competition. Right now at my just have a fall huddle team. After a fall everyone in the floor that the fall occurred has to huddle togeyjer and answer questions on why and how the fall happened.they also discuss what could have been done to prevent the fall. I think I like your facilies actions against fall. I am going to talk to someone at my faculty to see if we can implement you all plan.
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18, No. 2, Manuscript
18, No. 2, Manuscript