Citation

Quigley PA, Hahm B, Collazo S, Gibson W, Janzen S, Powell-Cope G, Rice F, Sarduy I, Tyndall K, White SV. J. Nurs. Care Qual. 2010; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Patient Safety Center, Patient Care Services and Nursing, and Acute and Critical Care, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/01.NCQ.0000327104.60456.3a

PMID

18628718

Abstract

A large veteran's hospital participated in a year-long collaborative project across 9 hospitals to reduce serious injury from falls in acute care, targeting medical-surgical units. The primary objective of this project was to develop and test a set of interventions (bundles) to prevent serious physical injury (fractures and hemorrhagic bleeds) from patient falls. The interventions were implemented using tests of change on 2 medical-surgical units focused on engaging unit-based staff and combining innovations for vulnerable populations at greatest risk for injury if they fall.

Language: en