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    • Healthcare Quality Improvement
    • Patient Safety
    • Nursing Practice

    Background:

    • Hospital falls represent a significant patient safety concern, leading to harm and distress.
    • Existing evidence-based fall prevention strategies require consistent implementation within healthcare settings.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate the impact of a regional FallSafe project on the adoption of fall prevention measures.
    • To assess the role of falls champions in promoting evidence-based care bundles for fall prevention.

    Main Methods:

    • Implementation of a regional FallSafe project within a hospital setting.
    • Utilized a network of trained falls champions (nurses and healthcare assistants).
    • Champions educated and motivated colleagues to adopt care bundles for fall prevention.

    Main Results:

    • Increased utilization of evidence-based measures for preventing patient falls.
    • Successful engagement of frontline staff through the falls champion model.
    • Demonstrated a positive shift towards standardized fall prevention protocols.

    Conclusions:

    • The FallSafe project effectively enhanced the implementation of fall prevention strategies.
    • Falls champions are crucial in disseminating and embedding evidence-based practices for patient safety.
    • A network approach can successfully improve hospital patient fall reduction efforts.