Development and validation of a fall prevention knowledge test - Dykes PC, Bogaisky M, Carter EJ, Duckworth M, Hurley AC, Jackson EM, Khasnabish S, Lindros ME, Lipsitz SR, Scanlan M, Yu SP, Bates DW, Adelman JS.

Falls are a serious, persistent problem in hospitals. Ensuring that all hospital staff have adequate knowledge of how to prevent falls is the first step in prevention. We identified validated fall prevention knowledge tests (FPKTs) and planned to conduct a...

Source: SafetyLit - October 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news