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How We Get There | Quality Improvement. Case Study: Reducing Patient Falls. Intervention: Staff trained on distinguishing patients at risk for falls; higher-risk patients receive greater assistance and more frequent visits.
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How We Get There | Quality Improvement • Case Study: Reducing Patient Falls • Intervention: Staff trained on distinguishing patients at risk for falls; higher-risk patients receive greater assistance and more frequent visits. • Result: Staff consistently met goal of just two falls per 1,000 patient days. From November 2007 to January 2008, staff maintained injury rate of 0.1 per 1,000 patient days. • “We have learned that accurately conducting risk assessment is the first step to successful prevention. Our staff now has pride in keeping a record of little to no falls.” — Senior Director of Nursing • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Web site. “Assessing Risk and Designing Tools to Reduce Falls.” (accessed Sept. 17, 2008).
