Injury Prevention & Safety

Injury Prevention & Safety - #106

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Injury prevention and safety are critical components of care for older adults.

Understand key concepts in patient safety.

Provide recommendations for patient safety.

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Identify at least one injury prevention strategy in each of the identified injury prevention areas.

  1. Safe Storage of Firearms.  USDOJ.  https://www.justice.gov/media/1337981/dl?inline
  2. Medication Safety and Your Health.  CDC.   https://www.cdc.gov/medication-safety/about/index.html
  3. Older Adults Falls Data. CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/falls/data-research/index.html
  4. Firearm Injury and Death. CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/firearm-violence/data-research/facts-stats/index.html
  5. Wittich, Christopher M. et al.  Medication Errors: An Overview for Clinicians.  Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Volume 89, Issue 8, 1116 – 1125
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