Application of feedforward control in the safety management of patients' fall prevention

VernacularTitle:前馈控制在预防住院患者跌倒安全管理中的应用
Author: Zhi-Lian WANG ¹ ; Xiang-Qin JI ; Shu-Jun CHEN ; Gui-Lan ZHANG ; Shah ZHAO
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1. 滨州医学院附属医院
Keywords: Accidental falls; Risk factors; Feedforward control; Orthopedics
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2012;18(15):1818-1820
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the effective management of inpatients' fall so as to reduce the incidence of inpatients fall.Methods To use the feedforward control of the theories and methods,set up management group to prevent inpatients' fall,conducted specialized training,developed standardized nursing processes,three quality control was carried out in the process of nursing.Results After training,the pass rate of nurses' knowledge about the prevention of inpatients' fall was 92.16％ which was significantly higher than 66.67 ％ before the training ( x2 =20.2681,P ＜ 0.01 ),and the pass rate of patients and families' knowledge of fall prevention was increased from 63.03％ to 85.73％ after training ( x2 =76.8791,P ＜ 0.01 ).After the control,1348 patients without one case of fall,patient satisfaction was significantly improved from original 96.2％ to now 99.6％.Conclusions The feedforward control is effective means to prevent the inpatients' fall and improve the quality of security care.