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Resources and Funding Required for a FIT

Required resources include:
 Support and monitoring from senior management
 Time for meetings and initiatives
 Time for training and education
 Communication and teaching material
 Staff education programmes

Funding is required for:
 Training programmes
 Educational material
 Information technology support
 Specific equipment (ultra low beds, floor mats, assistive devices, safe patient handling
equipment, bed exit alarms, etc, where available)
 Facilities (eg. meeting rooms)

2.2 PROCESS

IMPLEMENTING A FALLS PREVENTION PROGRAMME

Process Mapping

Process mapping can be employed to examine key processes where falls prevention is
applicable. Mapping can specify which unit or individual is responsible for each step in the
process, with particular attention paid to both patient movement and movement of
information about the patient. The goal is to come to an understanding of how a particular
care process is carried out, which then leads to further discussion about how the process
should be carried out.

Assessment may be carried out on a sample of representative units to determine which falls
prevention practices are already in place. For example, is an initial falls risk assessment
completed within a certain time frame from admission? Are the results used to determine
risk factors that can be acted upon?

Process mapping can also be used to describe current falls intervention practices and to
identify problem points. It will enhance understanding of how and when a falls intervention
program will complement existing processes (ie medical/surgical admissions or admissions
via the emergency department)

Results should be compared with other units to identify which challenges are unit-specific
and which are applicable to an organization as a whole.

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