Findings from three methods to identify falls in hospitals: results from the Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management system fall prevention trial - Visvanathan R, Lange K, Selvam J, Dollard J, Boyle E, Jones K, Ingram K, Shibu P, Wilson A, Ranasinghe DC, Karnon J, Hill KD.

OBJECTIVE: To (a) compare characteristics of patients who fall with those of patients who did not fall; and (b) characterise falls (time, injury severity and location) through three fall reporting methods (incident system reports, medical notes and clinici...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news