Falls among inpatients are the most frequently reported safety incident in NHS hospitals. 30–
50% of falls result in some physical injury and fractures occur in 1–3%. No fall is harmless …

Introduction: Falls in hospital inpatients are common, with reported rates ranging from 3 to
14 per 1000 bed days. They cause physical and psychological harm, are associated with …

Falls in inpatients [1, 2] are common and problematic for patients, staff and hospitals
themselves. Injuries result from approximately 30% of such falls and though fractures and …

Objective To assess falls prevention practices in Australian hospitals and implement
interventions to promote best practice. Design A multi-site audit using eight evidence-based …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Patient falls are among the most commonly reported
adverse hospital events with more than one million occurring annually in the United States; …

The majority of hospital beds in the developed nations are occupied by older people, many
of whom have been admitted because of mobility problems, falls, or injury from falls. 1 With …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services identified falls as a preventable health care
acquired condition (DuPree, Fritz-Campiz, & Musheno, 2014). A large portion of the medical …

Falls and injurious falls are a major safety concern for patient care in acute care hospitals.
Inpatient falls and injurious falls can cause extra financial burden to patients, families, and …

Objective: Falls among older inpatients are frequent and have negative consequences. In
this study, the effectiveness of a fall prevention programme in reducing falls and fall injuries …

Objective: Obtain the views of nurses and assistants as to why patients in acute care
hospitals fall. Background: Despite a large quantitative evidence base for guiding fall risk …