How incontinence monitoring can help your patients avoid falls What do you think is the main cause of patient falls? Reduced mobility? Clutter on the floor? Poor lighting? You may be surprised to learn that peer-reviewed healthcare studies have identified incontinence as the #1 cause of falls in acute care facilities, accounting for over [...]
Minimize your fall risk and prevent fall injuries with an active falls prevention program Falls are a serious issue for hospitals and healthcare facilities. While elderly and frail patients are typically considered to be the most at risk, all staff need to be aware that any patient, regardless of age or fitness level, can [...]
Why patient falls prevention should be a top priority What’s been stopping you from implementing or improving your fall reduction program? Are you concerned about how much it might cost to put a fall management system in place? It may surprise you to discover that it is far more cost effective to prevent fall [...]
First completely wireless system prevents costly patient falls Parasol Medical, a leading developer of specialty medical devices, has introduced the world’s first completely wireless patient Fall Prevention System that combines patient fall monitoring with real-time incontinence monitoring. Entering the fall prevention market in 2013, Parasol quickly became the leader with many of the nation’s [...]