@article{ref1,
title="Slips, trips, and falls: a quality improvement initiative",
journal="Pediatric quality and safety",
year="2022",
author="Peir, Gene H. and Fink, Alia and Mantasas, Nick and Cheng, Jenhao J. and Worten, Katherine and Shah, Rahul K.",
volume="7",
number="2",
pages="e550-e550",
abstract="Employee safety and the reduction of Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred are a focus of the Solutions for Patient Safety Network. One significant contributor to the Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred rate at Children's National Hospital is employee slips, trips, or falls. <br><br>METHODS: Children's National Hospital implemented a multidisciplinary quality improvement with executive leadership vision and support. We implemented quality techniques (including Key Driver Diagrams, Pareto Charts, and continuous Plan-Do-Study-Act) and designed novel Environmental Services interventions. <br><br>RESULTS: Children's National Hospital achieved a 44.3% reduction in monthly average reported slips, trips, or fall events from baseline and sustained over a 2-year study period. <br><br>CONCLUSION: A leadership-driven multidisciplinary approach to quality initiatives with team leaders capable of making and enacting real-time policy changes led to novel interventions and a successful reduction of employee slips, trips, and falls events over time, which are broadly generalizable.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2472-0054",
doi="10.1097/pq9.0000000000000550",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000550"
}