Fall Prevention - Staff Resources
Staff members should be aware of things that contribute to patient falls and how to implement fall prevention strategies. Resources in this section are recommended as staff educational materials to help prepare staff to help reduce patient fall rates.
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Sentinel Event Alert: Preventing Falls and Fall-Related Injuries in Healthcare Facilities
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. The alert offers common root causes and recommendations to prevent patient falls in the hospital acute care setting.
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CDC – STEADI: Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries – STEADI Online Training for Providers
A provider training guide from the CDC on fall prevention in the elderly population. These tools are perfect for physician office practices as they provide training for the clinican as well as educational materials that can be printed and used to educate patients and families.
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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 as well as ideas you can implement to improve your fall prevention processes.
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Fall Prevention Educational Material - Brochure
Use our brochure to educate your patients and their family members during hospitalization.
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Fall Prevention Educational Material - Rack Card
Include our rack card at discharge to ensure they are prepared to go home.