Preventing Patient Falls Overnight Using Video Monitoring: A Clinical Evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Inpatient falls are devastating for patients and their families and an ongoing problem for healthcare providers worldwide. Inpatient falls overnight are particularly difficult to predict and prevent. The aim of this cohort study was to evaluate effectiveness of overnight portable video monitoring as an adjunct falls prevention strategy for high falls risk patients in inpatient clinical units. Over three months, three clinical inpatient wards were provided with baby monitor equipment to facilitate portable video monitoring. Portable video monitoring registers were completed nightly and nursing staff were invited to complete surveys (n = 31) to assess their experiences of using portable video monitoring. A total of 494 episodes of portable video monitoring were recorded over the three-month

SUBMITTER: Woltsche R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9657748 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature