Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls.

Lisanne Bright

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Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls.

April 21, 2005

Bright L. Home Healthc Nurse. 2005;23(1):29-36.

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The author presents a program of assessment, education, and follow-up that successfully reduced fall-related injuries.

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