Pilot Testing Fall TIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety): a patient-centered fall prevention toolkit.

Patricia C. Dykes; Megan Duckworth; Stephanie Cunningham; Sasha Dubois; Melissa Driscoll; Zinnia Feliciano; Michael Ferrazzi; Farah E. Fevrin; Stephanie Lyons; Mary Ellen Lindros; Allison Monahan; Matthew M. Paley; Saby Jean-Pierre; Maureen Scanlan

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Pilot Testing Fall TIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety): a patient-centered fall prevention toolkit.

July 18, 2018

Dykes PC, Duckworth M, Cunningham S, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2017;43(8):403-413.

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Patient falls represent a serious source of preventable harm, yet mitigating the fall risk of inpatients remains challenging. In this study, researchers describe the implementation of an inpatient fall prevention toolkit at two hospitals.

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