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BEST SELLING! GripSox® is pleased to announce the continued success of our REDuce Falls Sox®. These "RED" coloured GripSox® have been specifically designed to help staff visually identify people who have been assessed as a high falls risk regardless of where they are located in the hospital or aged care centre. This makes our REDuce Falls Sox® an ideal falls prevention safety aid. These unique socks were an integral part of the Ruby Red Socks falls prevention program clinical trial that was run at St Vincents & Mercy Private Hospital in Melbourne and a recently completed clinical trial at John Fawkner Private Hospital in Melbourne. View Channel 9 News' special GripSox® feature story........ It is not only patients who can benefit from the use of these particular GripSox®. All allied health staff, and in particular nurses and carers, can benefit from the knowledge that a patient to whom they are about to attend, is visibly identifiable as a high falls risk by the wearing of GripSox®. This means staff can be better prepared in advance when assisting with patient transfers, thus resulting in fewer staff manual handling injuries from unexpected patient slips and falls. Not only does this reduce work days lost through staff injuries, but financially speaking, a reduction in the incidence of patient falls and staff injuries can also significantly reduce an Organisation's insurance and WorkCover premiums. Aside from these specific purposes of our REDuce Falls Sox®, our special product also provides a great option for those people wanting to add a splash of colour to their pilates or yoga workout!
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TITLE: RUBY RED SOCKS FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM LARWILL, Sarah & LUMLEY, Clare 1St Vincents & Mercy Private Hospital Victoria 2St Vincents & Mercy Private Hospital Victoria OBJECTIVES The objectives of this project were to develop an in-hospital fall prevention program specifically designed to empower patients, family and hospital staff to reduce patients risk of falls and potential for serious injury in hospital. METHODS Assessment and evaluation of the current fall risk screening tool and compliance to control measures for patients identified at high risk. Development and delivery of an education program for staff to raise awareness of the human impact of the adverse effects and consequences of falls and to begin the process of embedding a culture of minimal tolerance to patient harm. Implementation of an organizational wide Falls Prevention Program, including the introduction of Henrich11 Falls Risk Assessment tool, highly visual cues to communicate patients fall risk status to nursing and medical staff and education to patient and their families. The program was implemented over a three month period concluding with a media launch to promote the program and the educational DVD. RESULTS Falls rate before the program was 2.91 per 1000 bed days. Analysis data six months after implementation showed a statically significant reduction in falls rate to 0.58 per 1000 bed days. Analysis for root cause reduction showed (1) increased compliance in risk assessment of patients (2) Improved identification of high risk patient and (3) an overall improvement in documentation of treatment algorithm for high risk patients. There was widespread positive feedback from nursing staff, medical staff, patients and relatives in regards to the visual cues used to identify high risk patients. CONCLUSIONS Results have demonstrated an increased awareness of fall prevention throughout the hospitals through increased patient involvement, the use of visual cues (bright signage and ruby red non-slip socks) and by executive and medical support. The project achieved its objectives as demonstrated by the reduction in falls rates. The new knowledge gained is that risk assessment of patients needs to be on-going to ensure that as the patient’s clinical picture changes so does their risk rating. This program could be implemented by other hospitals to foster patient involvement and improve outcomes and reduce fall related injury costs. The annual cost of fall related injuries in Australia is estimated to reach $1,375 million by 2051. Our data endorses an inclusive community approach to falls prevention, with potential for significant reduction in patient injury and substantial cost savings. |
