gms | German Medical Science

Background and Purpose: Fall logs are obligatory to complete after inpatient falls. By answering standardised questions of fall logs nurses collect information about the course of falls. So far the prevalence of inpatient falls in Austrian Hospitals is reported but little is published about the analysis of inpatient fall logs. The purpose of this investigation is to ascertain more about inpatient falls by analysing fall logs. The aim of this analysis is to derive a risk profile for inpatient falls.

Methods: We identified a list of items of interest to the fall logs used in the University Hospital Salzburg. Inpatient fall logs from August 2016 till August 2017 were searched in the hospital information system Orbis®. Afterwards a retrospective quantitative document analysis of 50 randomised inpatient fall logs was carried out.

Research Focus: In particular following items were analysed: localisation of falls, time of falls, causes of falls, trigger of falls, notice of falls, consequences of falls, measures after falls and on which day after admission the fall happened.

Results: The investigation is currently taking place and will be finished in January 2018. Results can be expected for the conference in May 2018.

Conclusions: The conclusion depends on the results and will be presented in May 2018.