The Experience of a Community Hospital in Quantifying and Reducing Patient Falls.
2000
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 14
Pages 43-53
Author(s): Alcée, D.
While patient falls always were reported to the Hospital Quality Management Committee and to the Nursing Quality Management Committee at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, most reports were made anecdotally. There was no critical review of the cause and effect of falls nor was there any "trending" on a month-to-month basis. Questions raised about specific falls that resulted in patient injuries led Nursing Administration to conduct a retrospective review of all patient falls.
Added August 2014
Environmental quality and healing environments: A study of flooring materials in a healthcare telemetry unit.
2000
Department of Architecture (Texas A&M)
Thesis
Author(s): Harris, D.
Added October 2012
Children in hospital: A design question
2000
World Hospital Health Services
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 36
Pages 31-39
Author(s): Vavili, F.
Added October 2012
The Influence of Flooring on Standing Comfort and Fatigue
2000
American Industrial Hygiene Association journal
Journal Article
Author(s): Redfern, M., Cham, R.
Added October 2012
Intensive care unit design and environmental factors in the acquisition of infection
2000
Journal of Hospital Infection
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 45
Pages 255-62
Author(s): O'Connell, N.H., Humphreys, H.
Added October 2012
Potent Competitive Interactions of Some Brominated Fflame Retardants and Related Compounds With Human Transthyretin in Vitro
2000
Toxicological Sciences
Journal Article
Author(s): Meerts, I.A.T.M., van Zanden, J.J.., Luijks, E., van Leeuwen-Bol, I., Marsh, G., Jakobsson, E., Bergman, A., Brouwer, A.
Added October 2012
Feng Shui for the health sector: harmonious buildings, healthier people
2000
Complementary Therapies in Nursing & Midwifery
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 6
Pages 61-5
Author(s): Jeffreys, P.
Added October 2012
Creating a healing environment: the importance of the service setting in the new consumer-oriented healthcare system
2000
Journal of Healthcare Management
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 45
Pages 91-106; discussion 106-7
Author(s): Fottler, M.D., Ford, R.C., Roberts, V., Ford, E.W.
Added October 2012
Preventing falls on an elderly care rehabilitation ward
2000
Clinical Rehabilitation
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 14
Pages 178-185
Author(s): Donald, I.P., Pitt, K., Armstrong, E., Shuttleworth, H.
Patient falls refer to patients’ unplanned descent to the floor with or without injuries to the patients. Patient falls are a leading cause of injuries and death and contribute to healthcare cost increase. Patient falls are more likely happen to elder patients and may cause special problems in rehabilitation units because falls may cause injuries and fear that impede the rehabilitation progress. It was also observed at the study site that the majority of falls happened at the bedside.
Added October 2012
Effects of a multicomponent intervention on functional outcomes and process of care in hospitalized older patients: a randomized controlled trial of Acute Care for Elders (ACE) in a community hospital
2000
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Journal Article
Issue 12
Volume 48
Pages 1572-81
Author(s): Counsell, S.R., Holder, C.M., Liebenauer, L.L., Palmer, R.M., Fortinsky, R.H., Kresevic, D.M., Quinn, L.M., Allen, K.R., Covinsky, K.E., Landefeld, C.S.
Added October 2012
Fungal contamination of outpatient examination rooms: is your office safe?
2000
Dermatology Nursing
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 12
Pages 51-3
Author(s): Beyer, D.J., Belsito, D.V.
Added October 2012