Tools to Help Prevent Falls and Fractures

Falls account for 70% of patient accidents inside hospitals. Tile floors can be slick, furniture and IV poles are on wheels, patients are often dizzy from medication, and most patients are weak from illness and surgery. It’s a perfect storm for falls.

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• Supply your loved one with non-skid socks.
  

• Red socks will signal to medical staff that you are very concerned about your loved one taking a fall. (Be sure to tell them about it!)
  

• Bring a three- or four-pronged cane for your loved one to use. This type doesn’t buckle as easily as the single-stick cane.

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• What’s the Harm in Health Care?

  It's a fact: 1-in-3 hospital patients is accidentally harmed every year in U.S. hospitals.

  
  

  300,000 patients die by accident too -- equal to 3 jets crashing every single day of the year.

  
  

  We have smart, caring nurses and doctors -- but hospital care is complex. Resources are strained. And everyone suffers when patients are harmed.

• The solution? Simple Checklists!

  Every patient needs someone with them in the hospital to be their "quarterback for care" -- but very few of us are prepared.

  
  

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