What is it about?
This article explores ways that healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners can help to prevent slips and trips within, and outside, of their workplace.
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Why is it important?
Fall-risks can be reduced in the ward, clinic or a person's home environment by making the environment safer.
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Most accidents to patients, visitors and staff occur due to slips and trips.
Mrs Julie I Swann
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This page is a summary of: Avoiding slips and trips, British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, May 2010, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjha.2010.4.5.47974.
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