2013 Volume 61 Issue 5 Pages 726-731
Specific activities of the working group include reviewing the assessment score sheet of all falls and the preventive measures by degree of risk, making staff education, training, monitoring the implementation of the safety and preventive recommendations for prevention of falls.
The data of all inpatient falls which occurred during one year prior to and one year subsequent to the WG intervention were analyzed.
The incidence of inpatient secondary falls, decreased from 155 to 108 , and reports of level III severe falls, showed a reduction from five cases to three. Statistically, the total percentage of secondary falls incidence decreased from 2.19‰ to 1.54‰.
We therefore concluded that through the activities of the WG, the strengthening of the in-house system to prevent secondary falls, staff education, training, and heightened staff safety awareness have led to a decrease in the total number of primary and secondary inpatient falls.
