Background Restraints are likely to negatively affect patients' health and therefore a
reduction in their usage is recommended for all health-care settings. To date, research on …

Background Falls are a major problem today affecting adults of any age, but the elderly are a
population that is more susceptible to falls. Falls are the leading cause of injury or death …

OBJECTIVE: Global healthcare practice has expanded in the past 20 years. At the same
time the incorporation of research into the design process has gained prominence as a best …

Background A potentially important factor yet to receive adequate study is the time when
hospital falls occur. A prior study conducted before the system-wide introduction of …

Background In restraint use in the somatic acute-care hospital setting, routine and
institutional culture seem to play an important role. This implies that similar patient situations …

Objective: to determine the prevalence and predictors of bedrail use in an acute hospital.
Design and setting: overnight survey in a University teaching hospital. Subjects: Three …

Abstract Aims and Objectives We aimed to describe daily restraint practices and the factors
which influence their use, from an outsider's perspective. Background A reduction in restraint …

INTRODUCTION: A reduction in restraint use is recommended for all health care settings.
For this purpose, local or national quality measurement and improvement initiatives have …

Falls have consistently been the largest single category of reported incidents for acute
hospital in-patients. The number of falls and risk factors have been identified and reported …

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