Falls with injury

Total number of patient falls of injury level minor or greater (whether or not assisted by a staff member) by eligible hospital unit during the calendar month X 1000.

Included Populations:
• Falls with Fall Injury Level of “minor” or greater, including assisted and repeat falls with an Injury level of minor or greater
• Patient injury falls occurring while on an eligible reporting unit

Target population is adult acute care inpatient and adult rehabilitation patients. Eligible unit types include adult critical care, step-down, medical, surgical, medical-surgical combined, adult rehabilitation in-patient.