Safety in the home healthcare sector: development of a new household safety checklist.

Robyn R M Gershon; Maureen Dailey; Lori A. Magda; Halley E M Riley; Jay Conolly; Alexis Silver

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Safety in the home healthcare sector: development of a new household safety checklist.

May 29, 2012

Gershon RRM, Dailey M, Magda LA, et al. J Patient Saf. 2012;8(2):51-9.

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This study reports on the development and pilot testing of a checklist intended to help home health paraprofessionals identify safety hazards in patients' homes.

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