1. A hospital introduced hip protectors to reduce the frequency of injury-producing patient falls. The hip protectors were introduced in July. The following table records the number of injury-producing falls from January through December. Create and interpret a c chart for patient falls. Were the hip protectors eff ective in reducing injury-producing patient falls?

Month Falls Month Falls Jan 5 Jul 3 Feb 5 Aug 3 Mar 3 Sep 2 Apr 4 Oct 2 May 2 Nov 3 Jun 2 Dec 3