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Board reviews long-term care quality measures, including sensor-based falls-prevention plan
Summary
The Long-term Care Quality committee reviewed action items and policy updates; Board Secretary Marlene Cushing described plans to implement a sensor-based falls-prevention system, proposals for additional safety measures such as background reviews, and new curtains to enhance infection control.
The Petersburg Medical Center Long-term Care Quality committee reported on steps to address resident safety and infection control at the March 26 meeting. Board Secretary Marlene Cushing said the committee reviewed action items and policy updates and discussed implementing a falls-prevention system that uses sensors.
Cushing also noted consideration of additional safety measures, including ideas about background reviews for residents, and that new curtains in long-term care and acute care areas have been installed to enhance infection control and safety. The board recorded these quality-improvement actions as ongoing committee work.
