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)

Solutions

Safe position indicator

With a low height of 28 cm, Essenza 300 is a premium solution for any patient who may be at higher risk of falls. Green light indicates safe position.

Brake alarm

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

Bed exit alarm by SafeSense

Staff is notified whenever patient leaves the bed. Continuous monitoring of the motion in combination with bed exit notifications can be helpful in prevention and quick reaction to any such event.

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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-englands-nhs-last-year.