Fall Prevention Toolkit
Introduction |
Getting Started |
Falls Notebook |
Media Tools |
Resources |
Contact Us
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Falls are one of the most common adverse events in hospitals. |
Many facilities are working to find ways to reduce the number of falls as well as the severity of the falls that do occur. In an effort to help facilities, we created the Falls Toolkit.
The Falls Toolkit provides information on:
• Designing a falls prevention and management program
• Effective interventions for high-risk fall patients
• Implementing hip protectors for high-risk fall patients
• Educating patients, families and staff on falls and fall-injury prevention |
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Fall prevention is an important and timely issue. In 2003, falls represented nearly 47% of all safety reports and aggregated events within the VA National Center for Patient Safety's database, and 11% of all Root Cause Analyses occurring in calendar year 2003 were fall-related.
The VA National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) worked with the Patient Safety Center of Inquiry in Tampa, Florida, and others to develop the NCPS Falls Toolkit. The toolkit is designed to aid facilities in developing a comprehensive falls prevention program.
The Falls Toolkit Introduction Monograph and Falls Toolkit PowerPoint provide background information on falls and the falls toolkit.
You can quiz yourself or others on the Falls Toolkit by playing Falls Toolkit Jeopardy.
We appreciate feedback on this site and materials. Provide us with suggestions for improving the website and pass on stories as to how you used this information to improve the falls prevention program at your facility. To reach us, please see the Contact Us section.
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Document Format |
• Contents |
PDF
size: 39KB |
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size: 20.5KB |
• Instructions |
PDF
size: 47KB |
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size: 36.5KB |
• Background |
PDF
size: 56KB |
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size: 43KB |
• Falls Team |
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size: 40KB |
WORD
size: 38KB |
• Falls Policy |
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size: 2.9MB |
WORD
size: 252KB |
• Interventions |
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size: 89KB |
WORD
size: 1.72MB |
• Measuring Success |
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size: 68KB |
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size: 79.5KB |
• Resources |
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size: 90KB |
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size: 127KB |
• Videos 1-2-3 |
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size: 95KB |
WORD
size: 104KB |
Download the entire Falls Toolkit Notebook
• The Complete Falls Notebook |
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size: 3.2MB |
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Education
Falls Collaborative Breakthrough Series
Web Sites
Other
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Thank you for your continued commitment to falls prevention. If you have any questions or would like more information use the contact information detailed below.
Erik Stalhandske
Erik.Stalhandske@med.va.gov
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