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Follow these best practices to reduce falls

Quality Improvement Report, April 1, 2008

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In addition to being the focus of National Patient Safety Goal #9, preventing patient falls has taken on even more importance for hospitals this year. Beginning in October, CMS will no longer reimburse hospitals for the cost of patient falls.

Implementing policies and procedures to reduce patient falls can be a challenging task for hospitals and their staff members, but there are practical and effective ways to comply with this regulation. When implementing a patient fall prevention program, facilities should address three areas: communication, patient room adjustments, and identification.

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