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Fall Prevention

This toolkit designed to provide the resources necessary to create an effective fall prevention program. From innovative ideas from other hospitals to information that guides the development of effective fall prevention programs, this toolkit offers patient risk assessments, staff educational materials, and resources to help reduce patient falls and falls with injury.

Toolkit Materials

  • Sentinel Event Alert #55

    This Sentinel Event Alert, published by The Joint Commission in 2015, summarizes the contributing factors with patient falls and fall-related injuries from events submitted to their Sentinel Event database.

  • Focus On Falls Prevention

    A publication from American Nurse Today in 2015 presents a successful program from the Patient Safety Center at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, FL.

Online Resources

Members-Only Toolkit Materials

  • Fall Prevention Self-Assessment

    This fall prevention self-assessment tool allows you to evaluate your organization’s current practices against best practices to prevent falls. The tool is designed to help you assess the overall program from unit level interventions to overall data collection. 

  • Fall Prevention Resource Guide

    This resource presents an overview for development of an effective fall prevention program, including a policy development template that addresses the components of a fall prevention policy. In addition, resources are provided on the effects of specific drugs on fall risk and a fall prevention checklist to help promote the safety of patients.

  • Webinar: Fall Prevention Strategies and Best Practices

    This webinar introduces key components of a comprehensive acute care fall program, discusses strategies to prevent falls and protect patients from fall injuries and identifies best practices for post-fall management.

  • Presentation Slides: Fall Prevention Strategies Webinar

    These slides accompany the “Fall Prevention Strategics and Best Practices” webinar and lists components of a comprehensive acute care fall program along with strategies to prevent falls and protect patients from fall injuries. Best practices for post-fall management are also included.

  • Fall Prevention Podcast

    This podcast gives a quick overview of factors that contribute to patient falls and offers recommendations for reviewing your current fall prevention program.

  • Fall Prevention Educational Materials

    LHA Trust Funds is proud to announce our new fall prevention materials to help you educate your patients while in the hospital and at discharge.