Patient Safety Tool: AHRQ's Preventing Falls Toolkit

Sabrina Rodak -

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers a free preventing falls toolkit to help hospitals implement a fall prevention program.

The toolkit was developed under a contract with AHRQ through the ACTION II program — Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks — and was created by a team including staff from the RAND Corp., ECRI Institute and Boston University.

Sign up for our FREE E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!

"Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care," includes an implementation guide, an introductory letter to stakeholders, an action plan, an interdisciplinary team tool and other resources.

Download the preventing falls toolkit for use in your own facility.

Note: View our database providing more than 400 reports that link to free downloadable and adaptable tools for use in surgery centers, hospitals and other organizations by clicking here.

More Articles on Patient Safety:

Top 10 Root Causes of Sentinel Events
Patient Safety Tool: Implementing Patient Safety Rounds Toolkit

Improper Syringe Use at Corning Hospital Puts Patients at Risk

Copyright © 2024 Becker's Healthcare. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Cookie Policy. Linking and Reprinting Policy.