Falls prevention

Challenges

  • Falls are one of the most commonly reported patient safety incidents in the hospital setting (1)
  • 84.8% of falls happen unwitnessed (2)
  • 27% of falls happen when a patient tries to leave the bed (3)
  • £2,600 for patient fall (4)

Solution

3 SIDERAIL CONCEPT

Prevents falls for patients with reduced mobility by adjusting between ¾ and full siderail protection. This adaptable feature delivers multiple benefits: (5)

• Enhances safety and versatility
• Provides full protection
• Offers an escape route for confused and agitated patients (5)

BED EXIT ALARM​ BY SAFESENSE

Notifies staff whenever a patient leaves the bed and provides continuous monitoring with bed exit notifications. It helps prevent fall incidents and enables quicker reactions to patients at risk of falling.

BRAKE ALARM

The bed automatically emits an audible signal when it is left unbraked while the main power cable is connected.

LOW BED HEIGHT INDICATOR

The green LED light is triggered when lowering the bed to the lowest position.

NIGHT LIGHT

Undercarriage light helps with the patient orientation in the room over night.


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1) LeLaurin JH, Shorr RI. Preventing Falls in Hospitalized Patients: State of the Science. Clin Geriatr Med. 2019 May;35(2):273-283. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2019.01.007. Epub 2019 Mar 1. PMID: 30929888; PMCID: PMC6446937
2) Staggs VS, Mion LC, Shorr RI. Assisted and unassisted falls: different events, different outcomes, different implications for quality of hospital care. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2014 Aug;40(8):358-64. doi: 10.1016/ s1553-7250(14)40047-3. PMID: 25208441; PMCID: PMC4276137.
3) Jurásková, D. PATIENT FALL INJURIES DURING THEIR HOSPITALISATION – HEALTH CARE INDICATOR. Thomayer University Hospital. 2003.
4) The CSP. Regulator reveals 250,000 falls were reported in England’s NHS last year. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. [Online] 2017. Cited: 25 Nov 2022 https://www. csp.org.uk/news/2017-07-26-regulator-reveals-250000-falls-were-reported-englandsnhs-last-year.
5) O Flatharta T, Haugh J, Robinson SM, O'Keeffe ST. Prevalence and predictors of bedrail use in an acute hospital. Age Ageing. 2014 Nov;43(6):801-5. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afu081. Epub 2014 Jul 10. PMID: 25012158.