| Subject: | JCAHO Focuses on Fall Prevention |
| Category: | Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
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| Published: | Fri, 12 Nov 2004 - 10:00 am |
| In the latest issue of "The Source" a JCAHO publication, the JCAHO focused on root causes of patient falls and fall prevention strategies. In the Article entitled "Strategies for Continuous Compliance: Strategies for Addressing Root Causes of Falls" sites information from the National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) which states that falls occur for a number of reasons, which include the patient's condition (physical and cognitive) and environmental reasons (clutter in the patient's... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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