Hospital Inpatient Falls across Clinical Departments

Hospital Inpatient Falls across Clinical Departments

Background: Inpatient falls are common hospital adverse events. We aimed to determine inpatient fall rates in an urban public hospital and analyzed their characteristics across clinical departments. Methods: The study was conducted in a 350-bed urban, multi-specialty public hospital in the 2013–2019...

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Main Authors:	Marcin Mikos, Tomasz Banas, Aleksandra Czerw, Bartłomiej Banas, Łukasz Strzępek, Mateusz Curyło
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:	fall assessment sheet fall elderly patients hospitalization risk management
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/15/8167

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