SAFE from FALLS
Minnesota Hospital Association is conducting a "SAFE from FALLS" campaign, a statewide initiative aimed at preventing people from falling during a hospital stay. Currently, 109 Minnesota hospitals are participating. Following is more information about the campaign including resources for hospital staff.

General Information:

• Calendar of Events: [DOC]
  
• Roadmap to a Comprehensive Falls Prevention Program: [PDF]
• Conference Calls:
  --May 18, 2009, Streaming: [listen]
  --Feb. 19, 2009, Streaming: [listen]
  

Tools:
In addition to the tools available in the SAFE from FALLS Tool Kit (see green box below) the following are new tools recently submitted by members:

Fall Rates:

• Fall Rate Definitions: [DOC]

Toileting-related Falls:

• Staying Within Arm's Reach: [DOC]

Bedside Reports:

• Bedside Report: [DOC]
• Bedside Report - Work Standard: [DOC]
• Steps for Bed Report: [DOC]

Miscellaneous Tools:

• Falls Assessment: [PDF]
• Falls Risk Protocol: [PDF]
• Mobility Assessment Algorithm: [PDF]
• Post Fall Huddle: [PDF]
• Protocol Orderset: [PDF]
  

Outpatient Falls Prevention:

• Falls Prevention Policy - including E.D.: [DOC]
• Cardiopulmonary Falls Prevention: [DOC]
• E.D. Falls Prevention: [DOC]
• Perinatal Falls Prevention: [DOC]
• Rehabilitation Services Falls Prevention: [DOC]
• Surgical Falls Prevention: [DOC]

Patient Education - Medications:

• Medical Patient Education: [PDF]
  

Patient Rounding: 

• Oct. 13 '08 Day of Sharing: [DOC]
  

Other:

• Identifying Patients at Risk for Injury: [DOC]
• "Help Prevent Inpatient Falls, Link Risks to Interventions": [DOC]
• Post Fall Huddle Template: [PDF]
• Post Fall Note: [DOC]
• Post Fall Form I: [DOC]
• Post Fall Form II: [DOC]
• Post Fall Form III: [DOC]
• Post Fall Form IV: [DOC]
• Post Fall Form V: [DOC]
• Post Fall Form VI: [DOC]
• Post Fall Form VII: [DOC]
• Post Fall Form VIII: [DOC]
• Post Fall Form IX: [DOC]
• Lakeview Patient Pass Sample: [PDF]
• Hourly Round Template: [PDF]
• Morse Assessment Samples/Book Info: [link to Amazon.com]
• Fall Prevention Clinical Guidelines for Outpatient Care 2001 (JAGS): [PDF]
• NEECHAM Tool for Acute Delerium/Confusion: [PDF]
• Statement on Adverse Health Events Law changes relating to Falls, effective October 2007: [DOC]

You may copy, translate, distribute and present the following SAFE from FALLS Tool Kit items as long as you reference the Minnesota Hospital Association as the source of this material.   AFETY COORDINATION - FALLS PREVENTION PROGRAM Falls Team: [DOC] NCPS Falls Policy: [DOC] and [PDF] Inpatient Fall Prevention Policy: [DOC] Fall Prevention Policy: [DOC] Fall Prevention Steering Committee: [DOC] Fall Prevention Subcommittee: [DOC] Falls Prevention Best Practices resources [visit] CCURATE AND CONCURRENT REPORTING NCPS Fall Incident Report: [DOC] Fall Variance Tool: [DOC] NCPS Measuring Success: [DOC] and [PDF] ACILITY EXPECTATIONS, STAFF EDUCATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY Falls Risk Guide - RN/LPN: [DOC] Falls Risk Guide - NAR: [DOC] Falls Transport Guide - Transport Team: [DOC] Self Learning Packet: [DOC] DUCATION FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES Patient Education Brochure: [English-PDF]; [Somali-PDF]; [Spanish-PDF] Room Signage: [English-PDF]; [Somali-PDF]; [Spanish-PDF] Tips to Prevent Falls: [DOC] NCPS Fall Prevention at Home: [PDF] Falls Prevention at Home: [PDF] - from - ALL RISK SCREENING NCPS Assessment Information: [DOC] Morse Fall Scale Assessment: [DOC] John Hopkins Hospital Fall Risk Assessment: [DOC] Falls Prevention Program (Pediatrics) - "Little Schmidy" Fall Score: [PDF] Miami Children's Hospital Humpty Dumpty Falls Scale and Prevention Program: [PDF] SSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS Actions for Personal Risk Factors: [PDF] Fall Risk Magnets: [PDF] Hand-Off Communication Policy: [DOC] Hand-Off Communication Worksheet: [DOC] INKED INTERVENTIONS NCPS Interventions: [PDF] Falls: Prevention and Intervention: [DOC] Interventions Based on Morse Score: [DOC] Falls Risk Interventions: [DOC] Nursing Rounds: [DOC] EARN FROM EVENTS Team Action Plan for Post-Fall Huddles: [PDF] After Action Review: [PDF] Post-Fall Evaluation: [PDF] Falls Prevention Program (Post Fall - Page 4): [DOC] Injury Assessment Flow Sheet: [PDF] AFE ENVIRONMENT NCPS Environmental Interventions: [PDF] General and Individual Environmental Checklist, p. 62-73: [PDF] Individual Environmental Checklist Example: [DOC] NCPS Equipment Safety Checklist: [PDF] NCPS Hip Protector Information: [DOC]