Prevention of falls in acute hospital settings: A multi-site audit and best practice implementation project

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 92-98

  Stephenson, Matthew ^a   Mcarthur, Alexa ^a   Giles, Kristy ^a   Lockwood, Craig ^a   Aromataris, Edoardo ^a   Pearson, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; clinical audit; evidence based practice; patient safety; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STAFF TRAINING; SURGICAL WARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WARD; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AUSTRALIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84960112643     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzv113     Document Type: Article

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