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Falls collaborative results
Bar graph showing the absolute change in number of falls per 1,000 patient days baseline to remeasurement in imaginary hospitals.
Notes:
Collect falls data for 6 months prior to joining project
Number of inpatient days and discharges
Staff trained to conduct Root Cause Analysis on each fall
Interventions identified and implemented
Incident entered into incident reporting software
Success measured by noting a decrease in repeat falls over time.
8 of 11 experienced decrease in numbers of falls.
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