When Patient Safety Is An Afterthought, Employee Carelessness Frequently Results In Patient Injury
Many long-time Nursing Home Abuse Blog readers have heard me rant about how many of the commonly encountered problems--- and resulting injuries encountered by nursing home patients occur as the result of one thing--- employee carelessness! Sure, the implementation of educational programs at nursing homes my help get patient safety back into the minds of staff members, but even the best safety programs require careful and conscientious staff to see that that are properly implemented. In this sense, one of most disturbing trends I am seeing--- particularly, amongst patients in nursing homes and hospitals--- is patients getting injured while they...
More
Defective Bed Parts Causing Injuries
A recent NPR radio program discusses bed rail safety in nursing homes. The increased demand for hospital beds in nursing homes, hospitals, hospice programs, and in home use has resulted in a shortage of certain bed parts. For example, mattresses may be improperly sized to the type of beds. Using improperly sized mattresses may result in gaps between the end of the mattress and the bed rails. The gaps allow patients to get wedges between the mattress and rail. The entrapment may result in suffocation, falls, lacerations or even death. Listen to the full discussion here....
More
Page:
1
