Key documents in fall prevention
- VHA National Patient Safety Center
Annotated list of
references
from VHA National Patient Safety Center modified by Premier’s Safety Institute with additional references.
- Florida Hospital Association
"Building the Foundations for Patient Safety" brochure
- National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Nursing-Sensitive performance
measurement
NQF approved 15 measures in its consensus report, "National Voluntary
Consensus Standards for Nursing-Sensitive Performance Measurement." The
pre-approval document plus appendices A –E remains available. The falls
definition is located in Appendix C. The complete list of measures is published
in the January 30, 2004 press release
-
NQF Draft National Voluntary Standards for Nursing
Definition examples from Morse & Isaacs, Kellogg International work group,
- Factors causing falls –Tideiksaar, R.
Causes of falls and contributing factors
are examined in this book. The full book may be purchased
here.
- Morse – Fall classification
Classification of falls as accidental, unanticipated or anticipated
physiologic. Subscribers may download the full article in the Am J Infect
Control 2002; 30(6): 376-80.
subscribers may go to the American Journal of Infection Control
web site.
- Medication
A
list of medications most frequently associated with patient falls.
