jmalouf

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1. M1910 Oasis

   jmalouf replied to Papercutz's topic in Home Health

   I believe you are correct. I read the intent for M1910 closer and it specifies that we must use a "tool that has been validated as effective in identitying falls risk in community-dwelling elders...". The FRAT has been validated for general use, so d...

2. M1910 Oasis

   jmalouf replied to Papercutz's topic in Home Health

   we have been looking into this as well. according to [color=#606420]http://www.health.vic.gov.au/agedcare/maintaining/falls/downloads/ph_frat.pdf the frat (falls risk assessment tool) is considered a validated tool produced by the national ageing re...

3. BIOPATCH

   jmalouf replied to lbeauplan's topic in General Nursing

   I'm new to this forum, but I've enjoyed reading the posts. Our home health agency has been doing sterile PICC dressing changes using tegaderm and a biopatch every 7 days. However, the recent National Home Health conference in Los Angeles said "best p...