Fall risk and prevention agreement: engaging patients and families with a partnership for patient safety.

Cassandra Vonnes; Darcy Wolf

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Fall risk and prevention agreement: engaging patients and families with a partnership for patient safety.

November 29, 2017

Vonnes C, Wolf D. BMJ Open Qual. 2017;6(2):e000038.

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Falls are a persistent problem for hospitalized oncology patients, despite protocols to help prevent them. This improvement project tested strategies to engage care teams in fall prevention, including educating patients and families about the risk of falls to help reduce these sentinel events.

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