Inpatient Falls: Improving assessment, documentation, and management
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Inpatient Falls: Improving assessment, documentation, and management
A frequently occurring job during on-call and out-of-hours shifts is reviewing a patient following a fall with this often being the responsibility of the most junior and inexperienced doctors. Following a pilot audit we identified inconsistencies in medical assessment and documentation, with 50% of expected data points not recorded. Failure to complete a thorough assessment can lead to missed i...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Quality Improvement Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2050-1315
DOI: 10.1136/bmjquality.u208575.w3781