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© 1980 Oxford University Press

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THE PREVENTION OF FALLS IN A GERIATRIC HOSPITAL

E. V. MORRIS1 and BERNARD ISAACS2

1Burton and District General Hospital, Burton upon Trent Staffs
2Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Birmingham, Hayward Building, Selly Oak Hospital Birmingham B29 6JD

All falls which occurred in a geriatric hospital in a period of one year were carefully recorded by nursing staff. Falls occurred most often in admission wards, less in rehabilitation wards and even less in long-stay wards. The incidence of falls was very much lower when patients were confined to bed as a result of industrial action by staff. Very few falls resulted in bone injury. The completion of accident reports by nurses after non-injurious falls is unproductive.


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