Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and injuries: a nonrandomized controlled trial.

Patricia C. Dykes; Zoe Burns; Jason S. Adelman; James Benneyan; Michael Bogaisky; Eileen J. Carter; Awatef Ergai; Mary Ellen Lindros; Stuart R Lipsitz; Maureen Scanlan; Shimon Shaykevich; David Westfall Bates

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Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and injuries: a nonrandomized controlled trial.

December 2, 2020

Dykes PC, Burns Z, Adelman JS, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(11):e2025889.

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Patient falls are an ongoing source of preventable harm, yet mitigating the fall risk of inpatients remains challenging. Conducted across three academic medical centers, this study evaluated the impact of a fall-prevention toolkit (Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety (Fall TIPS)). The Fall TIPS toolkit supports nurses in providing tailored, fall-prevention intervention and engages patients and families in fall prevention efforts. After implementation of Fall TIPS toolkit, there was a 15% reduction in falls and a 35% reduction in falls with injuries.

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