Hospital Falls
Cross-source consensus on Hospital Falls from 1 sources and 4 claims.
1 sources · 4 claims
Risks & contraindications
Evidence quality
Highlighted claims
- Hospital falls are common and costly for health systems, staff, patients, and families. — Supported implementation of tailored hospital fall prevention interventions: a protocol for the PROTECT stepped wedge type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial
- Hospital falls can cause serious physical injury and death, especially among older people. — Supported implementation of tailored hospital fall prevention interventions: a protocol for the PROTECT stepped wedge type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial
- Falls without injury can still reduce confidence, activity, and independence and affect length of stay and discharge destination. — Supported implementation of tailored hospital fall prevention interventions: a protocol for the PROTECT stepped wedge type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial
- No single intervention has consistently solved hospital falls across broad acute and subacute patient populations. — Supported implementation of tailored hospital fall prevention interventions: a protocol for the PROTECT stepped wedge type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial