Prevent – Falls and Fractures

Falls account for 70% of patient accidents, and typically extend a patient’s hospital stay by 10 days. Read more about falls.

When you know what the risk factors are, falls can be prevented with some common-sense precautions. Here is a checklist to help your family member avoid a fall in the hospital.

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  Preventable hospital hazards claim almost 300,000 lives in America every year. Another 3,700,000 Americans are harmed, but blessed to survive.
  
  Most of these deaths and injury are among older patients, and most are the result of a strained health care system seriously short on nurses and other critical resources.
  
  CampaignZERØ™ offers simple explanations about how common hospital hazards occur and easy checklists to help families safeguard their loved ones' care in the hospital.
  

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