Neonatal Falls : A never event

[JACK]

Neonatal falls is an event which should never occur in any hospital. Though most of us presume that neonatal falls can never happen but unfortunately they do happen.

LINK

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/122/2/e277.full.pdf+html

There is a very nice article discussing this issue and making recommendations to prevent neonatal falls. I found this article very informative.

LINK

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ijped/2010/547528.pdf

Have you had a neonatal fall in your hospital? Could you share the circumstances of the fall.

[dr mir]

never had any falls but near falls could happen esp when someone forgets the latch and a hungry baby kicks the door or a baby is left unattended on a table or couch esp left ther for iv or other procedures

[Guest JoannieO]

Had a baby fall off the bed - mother went to sleep feeding. No damage to baby but mother got a real scare.

[selvanr4]

Never had an experience and it can happen if the staff are not careful