Nursing homes and other healthcare facilities present a unique set of slip, trip & fall (STF) hazards. Health & Safety Authority (HSA) statistics report that 20% of all  reported accidents in healthcare units are due to slips, trips & falls (STF). Although it  would appear that that the elderly or infirm residents are the greatest risk, many  serious falls at healthcare facilities are associated with employee activities in their daily interaction with residents, and to visitors, many of whom are often elderly  individuals visiting loved ones. 

Quin Friction Laboratories help owners and managers of healthcare facilities by  measuring and analysing the risk of slips, trips & falls (STF). 

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) specifically target falls and  fracture prevention in the National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare and  expects all healthcare facilities to comply in full. 

Quin Friction Laboratories will provide the services to help your healthcare facility  comply with the HIQA standards and all other legal requirements with regard to floor  safety.

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