Review of in-patient falls associated with hospital bed rails

Contemporary Ergonomics 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 475-479

  Hignett, Sue ^a   Masud, Tash ^b   Jansen, Sam ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; CLINICAL REASONING; DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL;

HOSPITALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 33744831047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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