Citation

Quigley PA, Hahm B, Collazo S, Gibson W, Janzen S, Powell-Cope G, Rice F, Sarduy I, Tyndall K, White SV. J. Nurs. Care Qual. 2009; 24(1): 33-41.

Affiliation

VISN 8 Patient Safety Center, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA. Patricia.Quigley@med.va.gov

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31818f528e

PMID

19092477

Abstract

A large veteran's hospital participated in a year-long collaborative project across 9 hospitals to reduce serious injury from falls in acute care, targeting medical-surgical units. The primary objective of this project was to develop and test a set of interventions (bundles) to prevent serious physical injury (fractures and hemorrhagic bleeds) from patient falls. The interventions were implemented using tests of change on 2 medical-surgical units focused on engaging unit-based staff and combining innovations for vulnerable populations at greatest risk for injury if they fall.

Language: en