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Theme: Medication Safety Colleagues, while we were celebrating National Fall Prevention Awareness Week, Sept. 18-24, the World Health Organization (WHO) had just launched its 4th Annual Global Patient Safety Day on September 17th, addressing Medication Safety. Their...
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A Patient-Centered Fall Prevention Toolkit The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead federal agency, working within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that is charged with improving the quality and safety of America’s...
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Little known is one of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s (UNMC) patient safety project: CAPTURE = Collaboration and Proactive Teamwork Used to Reduce (CAPTURE) Falls Project. I have known about this program since it started 10 years ago. I found and searched...
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Over that last couple of years, I have written to you about many fall risk factors and interventions to help reduce your patients’ and residents’ risk of falls, and I have shared resources for your easy access. One fall risk factor that is important, and often not...
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Programs by Setting: Long-Term Care Hi Everyone! Welcome to May, as we prepare to celebrate Nurses Week, May 6th – 12th. I give thanks every day to be a nurse — a rehabilitation nurse. I have enjoyed a thirst for knowledge, a quest to contribute to nursing’s body of...
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A New Resource from The World Health Organization:Step Safely I recently searched for resources and guidance to prevent falls on stairs, specific to the safety of older adults. Knowing that older adults are more likely — three times more likely — to experience...