Preventing Falls With Injury.

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Preventing Falls With Injury.

August 26, 2015

Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare; TST.

Patient falls are preventable and can be addressed through quality and safety strategies. This toolkit provides a process to help health care organizations determine factors that contribute to falls in their facilities and design interventions to drive improvement.

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