Clinical Experience of Maintaining Patient Safety in Hospital

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM · Dec 12, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is focused on understanding how to keep patients safe from accidental falls in hospitals. The study aims to find out what challenges healthcare workers face in preventing these falls, which methods they believe are most effective, and how to improve fall prevention strategies, especially for patients who may have trouble thinking clearly. The researchers want to gather insights from healthcare professionals who work directly with patients in medical and surgical wards. By talking to nurses, therapists, and doctors, they hope to identify key themes and ideas that can help design better fall prevention programs.

To participate, healthcare professionals who assess fall risks, implement safety measures, and care for patients after falls in standard hospital wards can join the study. They should also be able to give informed consent, meaning they understand what the study involves. Participants will take part in a 30-minute simulation exercise followed by a discussion to share their experiences and insights. This information will help create a questionnaire for future research. It’s important to note that this trial is not yet recruiting participants, and only those with specific roles in hospital settings will be eligible.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Any healthcare professional or associated support staff involved in the fall risk assessment of patients on admission to a standard care ward environment in hospital
• • Any healthcare professional or associated support staff involved in the multifactorial assessment of patients in an acute ward environment
• • Any healthcare professional or associated support staff involved in putting fall prevention measures in place in an acute ward environment
• • Any healthcare professional or associated support staff involved in caring for patients and their relatives after an accidental fall in an acute ward environment
• • Ability to give informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Any healthcare worker with no medical or surgical ward experience
• • Any healthcare worker under the age of 18 years old
• • Any healthcare worker working exclusively in Critical Care or high dependency units or Paediatrics as countermeasures and levels of observation are different in these areas and have separate guidance and policies.