Falls account for a significant portion of injuries in hospitalized patients. In the context of the population it serves, the services it provides, and its facilities, the organization should evaluate its patients' risk for falls and take action to reduce the risk of falling and to reduce the risk of injury should a fall occur. The evaluation could include fall history, medications-and-alcohol-consumption review, gait and balance screening, and walking aids used by the patient. The organization establishes a fall-risk reduction program based on appropriate policies and/or procedures. The program monitors both the intended and unintended comsequences of measures taken to reduce falls. For example, the inappropriate use of physical restraints or fluid intake restriction may result in injury, impaired circdulation, or compromised skin integrity. The program is implemented.