Reducing Falls and Injuries from Falls

1 Reducing Harm | Improving Healthcare | Protecting Canadians June 2013 (Measures Revised April 2015) Reducing Falls AND Injuries FROM Falls Getting Started Kit Effective March 14, 2019, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute has archived the Reducing Falls and injury from Falls intervention. For additional inquiries, please contact Healthcare Now! Reducing Falls and Injuries from Falls Getting Started Kit June 2013 (Measures Revised April 2015) Page 2 Safer Healthcare Now! We invite you to join Safer Healthcare Now! to help improve the safety of the Canadian healthcare system.

2 Safer Healthcare Now! is a national program supporting Canadian healthcare organizations to improve safety through the use of quality improvement methods and the integration of evidence in practice. To learn more about this intervention, to find out how to join Safer Healthcare Now! And to gain access to additional resources, contacts, and tools, visit our website at This Getting Started Kit (GSK) has been written to help engage your interdisciplinary teams in a dynamic approach for improving quality and safety while providing a basis for getting started.

3 This Getting Started Kit represents the most current evidence, knowledge and practice, as of the date of publication and includes what has been learned since the first kit was released in 2010. We remain open to working consultatively on updating the content, as more evidence emerges, as together we make healthcare safer in Canada. Note: The Getting Started Kits for all interventions used by Safer Healthcare Now! are available in both French and English. This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission provided appropriate reference is made to Safer Healthcare Now!

4 As of June 1, 2016, Safer Healthcare Now! is no longer collecting data and Patient Safety Metrics is no longer available. Our Central Measurement Team continues to offer expert measurement coaching and Healthcare Now! Reducing Falls and Injuries from Falls Getting Started Kit June 2013 (Measures Revised April 2015) Page 3 Acknowledgements The fall Prevention/ injury Reduction Getting Started Kit has been adapted from the earlier 2010 version of the Canadian publication: preventing Falls and injury from Falls Getting Started Kit developed by Safer Healthcare Now!

5 In partnership with the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses in Ontario. The International Affairs and Best Practice Guidelines Program (IABPG) is a signature program of the RNAO. Since 1999, with funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, IABPG has focused on the development, dissemination, implementation, evaluation and support for uptake of clinical and healthy work environment best practice guidelines to support the development of evidence-based practice cultures.

6 One evidence-based resource developed early was the guideline Prevention of Falls and injury from Falls in the Older Adult (rev. 2011). The Canadian Patient Safety Institute, recognizing the contributions the RNAO had made in the area of Falls best practices, approached the RNAO to act as the Safer Healthcare Now! Falls Prevention Intervention Lead and work with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute Falls Intervention Faculty to update the Falls Prevention/ injury Reduction Getting Started Kit.

7 The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario for preparing the fall Prevention/ injury Reduction Getting Started Kit The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) provided both financial and in-kind support toward the development of the Safer Healthcare Now! fall Prevention/ injury Reduction Getting Started Kit Safer Healthcare Now! Reducing Falls and Injuries from Falls Getting Started Kit June 2013 (Measures Revised April 2015) Page 4 fall Prevention/ injury Reduction Getting Started Kit Faculty Contributors The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario leads the fall prevention and injury reduction intervention for Safer Healthcare Now!

8 This fall Prevention/ injury Reduction Getting Started Kit has been prepared by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario in partnership with Safer Healthcare Now! and the Canadian Falls Intervention Faculty. It contains fall -related tools, resources and experiences that reflect long-term care, acute care and home health care practice. The insight and contributions represent an accumulation of knowledge from the Safer Healthcare Now! Canadian Falls Intervention Faculty as well as the faculty and improvement teams who participated in the following fall Prevention/ injury Reduction initiatives.

9 National Collaborative for the Prevention of Falls in Long-Term Care (2008-2009) Falls Virtual Collaborative (2010-2011) Falls Facilitated Learning Series (2011-2012)We wish to thank and acknowledge our Canadian faculty who has contributed significantly to the work of teams across Canada and for sharing their knowledge and expertise to complete the: fall Prevention/ injury Reduction Getting Started Kit. Safer Healthcare Now! Reducing Falls and Injuries from Falls Getting Started Kit June 2013 (Measures Revised April 2015) Page 5 Canadian Falls Intervention Faculty (2013) Dr.

10 Jenny Basran, MD, FRCPC Geriatrician, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine Division Head, Geriatric Medicine University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Paule Bernier, , Clinical Dietitian, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC Safety and Improvement Advisor, Safer Healthcare Now! Donna Davis, RN Co-chair, Patients for Patient Safety Canada, Carievale, SK Brenda Dusek, RN, BN, MN Program Manager, International Affairs and Best Practice Guidelines Centre, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Falls Intervention Lead, Safer Healthcare Now!