The prevention of patient falls in healthcare settings, with particular emphasis on the effect of bedrail use on falls and injury as part of multi-faceted interventions
This doctoral statement links previously published original research and places this in the context of the wider literature. Analysis of a national database identified over 200,000 patient falls, including 1,000 fractures, reported from hospitals in England and Wales during 2005/06, leading to exces...
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University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544196 |