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Reducing falls with a safety spotter program.
October 14, 2015
Primmer P, Borenstein KK, Downing MT, et al. Nursing (Brux). 2015;45(8):16-9.
Patients at high risk for falls can be targeted for personalized prevention interventions, but such efforts can be costly for hospitals. This commentary describes how a hospital employed "spotters" to watch and interact with patients at risk for falls, with one spotter assigned to monitor up to four patients, and found the results to be affordable and effective.
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