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Interdisciplinary Approach to Fall Prevention in a High-Risk Inpatient Pediatric Population: Quality Improvement Project

Kendra E. Stubbs, Lindsay Sikes
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20150213 Published 7 September 2016
Kendra E. Stubbs
K.E. Stubbs, PT, DPT, Transitional/Rehabilitation Care Unit, Cook Children's Medical Center, 801 7th Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104 (USA).
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Lindsay Sikes
L. Sikes, PT, MSPT, Transitional/Rehabilitation Care Unit, Cook Children's Medical Center.
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Abstract

Background Within a tertiary care pediatric medical center, the largest number of inpatient falls (8.84 falls per 1,000 patient days) occurred within a 14-bed rehabilitation/transitional care unit between February and September 2009. An interdisciplinary fall prevention program, called “Red Light, Green Light,” was developed to better educate all staff and family members to ensure safety of transfers and ambulation of children with neurological impairments.

Objective The purpose of this study was to develop and implement an interdisciplinary pediatric fall prevention program to reduce total falls and falls with family members present in this population.

Design Preintervention 2009 data and longitudinal data from 2010–2014 were obtained from retrospective review of event/incident reports. This quality improvement project was based on inpatient pediatric admissions to a rehabilitation care unit accommodating children with neurological impairments.

Methods Data extraction included: total falls, falls with caregiver (alone versus staff versus family), type of falls, and falls by diagnosis. Descriptive statistics were obtained on outcome measures; chi-square statistics were calculated on preintervention and postintervention comparisons.

Results Total falls decreased steadily from 8.84 falls per 1,000 patient days in 2009 to 1.79 falls per 1,000 patient days in 2014 (χ21=3.901, P=.048). Falls with family members present decreased 50% postintervention. (χ21=6.26, P=.012).

Limitations Limitations included unit size nearly doubled postintervention, event reporting changed to both uncontrolled and controlled therapy falls (safely lowering patient to bed, chair, or floor), and enhanced reporting increased numbers of postintervention falls.

Conclusions The Red Light, Green Light program has resulted in reductions in overall fall rates, falls with family members present, increased staff collaboration, heightened staff and family safety awareness, and a safer environment for patients at high risk for neurological or musculoskeletal impairments.

  • Received April 13, 2015.
  • Accepted June 15, 2016.
  • © 2016 American Physical Therapy Association
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Kendra E. Stubbs, Lindsay Sikes
Physical Therapy Sep 2016, DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20150213

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