@article{5757, author = {Patricia Nedved and Rabhea Chaudhry and Dina Pilipczuk and Shital Shah}, title = {Impact of the unit-based patient safety officer.}, abstract = {

One organization assessed the association between increased caregiver hours per patient-day and a reduction in inpatient falls by adding a new role for a patient safety officer. Although the role was statistically significant in reducing patient falls by 50% on the intervention unit, fall reductions were not statistically significant when compared with the control unit.

}, year = {2012}, journal = {J Nurs Adm}, volume = {42}, pages = {431-434}, month = {09/2012}, issn = {1539-0721}, doi = {10.1097/NNA.0b013e318266810e}, language = {eng}, }