Durability and residual moisture effects on the mechanical properties of external hip protectors

Applegarth, Shawn; Bulat, Tatjana; Wilkinson, Stephen; Fitzgerald, Shirley G.; Quigley, Patricia; Ahmed, Shahbaz

doi:10.4017/gt.2009.08.01.004.00

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“…An intervention with proven reduction in fall rates in the hospitals is modification of the physical environment (e.g., larger doorways, hand-rail grips in bathroom, and floor lighting; von Renteln-Kruse & Krause, 2007). In addition, adjusting bed height to lowest level with use of floor mats and hip protectors have been found to be effective at reducing fall injuries in some studies (Applegarth et al, 2009; Bowers, Llyod, Lee, Powell, & Baptiste, 2008; Bulat et al, 2008). This creates a challenge for nurse administrators to sort through and identify evidence-based interventions for their hospital fall prevention programs.…”

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Fall Prevention in Hospitals

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2011

Clin Nurs Res

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This article summarizes research and draws overall conclusions from the body of literature on fall prevention interventions to provide nurse administrators with a basis for developing evidence-based fall prevention programs in the hospital setting. Data are obtained from published studies. Thirteen articles are retrieved that focused on fall interventions in the hospital setting. An analysis is performed based on levels of evidence using an integrative review process. Multifactoral fall prevention intervention programs that included fall-risk assessments, door/bed/patient fall-risk alerts, environmental and equipment modifications, staff and patient safety education, medication management targeted to specific types, and additional assistance with transfer and toileting demonstrate reduction in both falls and fall injuries in hospitalized patients. Hospitals need to reduce falls by using multifactoral fall prevention programs using evidence-based interventions to reduce falls and injuries.

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Fall Prevention in Hospitals

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2011

Clin Nurs Res

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“…23,24 We educated all sites about hip protector products, implementation methods, and strategies to increase patient adherence, referring the staff to our Hip Protector Toolkit (http://www.visn8.va.gov/ patientsafetycenter). This toolkit includes prescriptive guidelines, patient adherence interventions, laundering guidelines, 25 and replacement protocols.…”

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Reducing Falls and Fall-Related Injuries in Medical-Surgical Units

Quigley

Barnett

Bulat

et al. 2016

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

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On the basis of fall injury program characteristics across multiple inpatient medical-surgical units from 6 medical centers, we developed and implemented an operational strategic plan to address fall and injury prevention program attributes and enhance program infrastructure and capacity. Expert faculty provided lectures and served as coaches and mentors through triweekly conference calls and collaborative e-mail exchange. Statistically significant findings support improved fall and injury prevention program components and processes at the organizational and unit levels.

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Falls in Veterans Healthcare Administration Hospitals: Prevalence and Trends

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Introduction: To provide up-to-date data on fall prevalence and trends in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals. Methods: Data were collected by the VHA Inpatient Evaluation Center (IPEC) between 2011 and 2017, to establish prevalence and trends of falls and major injuries occurring in acute care/intensive care units (AC/ICU), behavior health (BH), and community living center (CLC)/long-term care, using bed days of care (BDOC) as denominators. Results: A total of 204,681 falls were reported (rate = 4.8 falls/1,000 BDOC) during the study period, of which 2,549 (1.2%) resulted in a major injury (rate = 6.0/100,000 BDOC). Fall rates decreased over the 6-year study period for all unit types: 10% decrease for BH (p < .0001), 9% decrease for AC/ICU (p < .0001), and 3% decrease for CLC (p = .0043). Major injury rates remained consistent. Conclusions: In this large descriptive study, fall and major injury rates varied by nursing unit type in VHA hospitals. Over the 6-year study period, a clinically and statistically significant decrease in fall rates for BH and AC/ICU units was observed as well as a small but statistically significant decrease in fall rates for CLC units. No trend was observed for major injury rates.

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Durability and residual moisture effects on the mechanical properties of external hip protectors

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Fall Prevention in Hospitals

Fall Prevention in Hospitals

Reducing Falls and Fall-Related Injuries in Medical-Surgical Units

Falls in Veterans Healthcare Administration Hospitals: Prevalence and Trends

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