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| The Staff Educator |
| February 2008 |
| Take a big step toward falls prevention |
| With patient safety at the forefront and the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ruling, which takes effect in October, stating Medicare will not pay for treatment of injuries resulting from preventable patient falls, staff educators are looking for quick, effective strategies to reduce fall rates at their hospitals and keep all of their patients safe from injuries.
"Every hospital should have a falls prevention plan," says Shirley Frost, RN, MSN, director of education at Berlin (WI) Memorial Hospital. |
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