Inpatient falls resulting in serious incidents (SIs) : a trust-wide review
Pettit, Natalie Ahmad, Zak Majid, Zeinab Naqvi, Huma
Pettit, Natalie
Ahmad, Zak
Majid, Zeinab
Naqvi, Huma
Abstract
Background: Inpatient falls are the most frequently reported safety incident in NHS hospitals. 30–50% of falls result in physical injury. The human cost of falling is physical, psychological, and financial. Multifactorial assessments should be performed to identify an individual’s risk of falling in hospital as per NICE guidance.
MIDER Authors
Affiliations
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
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2022-12
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Citation
Abstracts of the 18th Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society. Eur Geriatr Med 13 (Suppl 1), 1–439 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-022-00711-8