The Importance of Continuing Assessment of Fall Risk Patients

Incidents of patient falls are not expected to occur in the hospital. Therefore nurses are required to carry out a fall risk assessment in inpatients. If the results of the assessment conclude HIGH RISK, then a further assessment will be applied.

To facilitate identification in services, we put a yellow bracelet and a FALL RISK sign on the patient's bed.

Of course if the sign is attached to our family who is being treated, we need cooperation with the patient's family so that the patient does not fall