Using root cause analysis to reduce falls with injury in community settings

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 366-374

  Lee, Alexandra ^a,b   Mills, Peter D ^c,d   Neily, Julia ^c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA National Center for Patient Safety Field Office   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FALLING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84864216265     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(12)38047-1     Document Type: Article

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