Safety alerts: Essential care after an inpatient fall: Summary of a safety report from the National Patient Safety Agency

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7793, 2011, Pages 382-

  Healey, Frances ^a   Darowski, Adam ^b   Lamont, Tara ^a   Panesar, Sukhmeet ^a   Poulton, Susan ^c   Treml, Jonathan ^d   Wiese, Martin ^e  

^a NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FALLING; FATIGUE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPINE INJURY; STROKE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY; X RAY; ARTICLE; FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; DATA COLLECTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79952265950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d329     Document Type: Short Survey

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