Current state of fall prevention and management policies and procedures in Canadian spinal cord injury rehabilitation

• Main Authors: Hardeep Singh (Author), Heather M. Flett (Author), Michelle P. Silver (Author), B. Catharine Craven (Author), Susan B. Jaglal (Author), Kristin E. Musselman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Preventing patient falls is a priority in tertiary spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation. Falls can result in patient or staff injury, delayed rehabilitation, and hospital liability. A comprehensive overview of fall prevention/management policies and procedures in Canadian SCI...