Safety in doses: medication safety incidents in the
... • A base dataset of 72,482 medication incident reports from the RLS was used in the analysis of incidents occurring between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2007. • Incidents involving medicines were the third largest group (nine per cent) of all incidents reported to the RLS, after patient accident ...
... • A base dataset of 72,482 medication incident reports from the RLS was used in the analysis of incidents occurring between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2007. • Incidents involving medicines were the third largest group (nine per cent) of all incidents reported to the RLS, after patient accident ...
Basic Life Support Patient Care Standards
... Paramedic Conduct Standard .......................................................................................................... 7 General Measures Standard ............................................................................................................ 9 Patient Assessment Standard ...
... Paramedic Conduct Standard .......................................................................................................... 7 General Measures Standard ............................................................................................................ 9 Patient Assessment Standard ...
Occipital Nerve Stimulation
... The evidence for occipital nerve stimulation in individuals who have migraine headaches includes randomized controlled trials (RCTs), systematic reviews of RCTs, and observational studies. Relevant outcomes are symptoms, functional outcomes, quality of life, and treatment-related morbidity. Systemat ...
... The evidence for occipital nerve stimulation in individuals who have migraine headaches includes randomized controlled trials (RCTs), systematic reviews of RCTs, and observational studies. Relevant outcomes are symptoms, functional outcomes, quality of life, and treatment-related morbidity. Systemat ...
The online Cough Clinic: developing guideline-based diagnosis and advice
... patient’s chronic cough was ascertained according to a predetermined diagnostic algorithm designed to differentiate the three common causes of chronic cough. Appropriate advice and treatment recommendations were then provided. 8,546 adults with chronic cough completed the Cough Clinic diagnostic que ...
... patient’s chronic cough was ascertained according to a predetermined diagnostic algorithm designed to differentiate the three common causes of chronic cough. Appropriate advice and treatment recommendations were then provided. 8,546 adults with chronic cough completed the Cough Clinic diagnostic que ...
Implementing and Validating a Comprehensive Unit
... prioritization matrix adapted from the VA to help select improvement areas.6 However, staff rarely used this form and it was discontinued. Instead, staff relied on their knowledge of the work environment to prioritize improvement efforts. Once a priority list is compiled, staff is directed to select ...
... prioritization matrix adapted from the VA to help select improvement areas.6 However, staff rarely used this form and it was discontinued. Instead, staff relied on their knowledge of the work environment to prioritize improvement efforts. Once a priority list is compiled, staff is directed to select ...
quality account
... incident reporting provides a unique and valuable opportunity to learn from our mistakes, and allows us to implement prompt and effective safety solutions. We recognise that in order to have both a positive and informative reporting system, we need to maintain a culture where staff feel able to repo ...
... incident reporting provides a unique and valuable opportunity to learn from our mistakes, and allows us to implement prompt and effective safety solutions. We recognise that in order to have both a positive and informative reporting system, we need to maintain a culture where staff feel able to repo ...
Possible causes of poor drug quality
... Grounds for regulating medicines 1. The increased number of individuals involved in the manufacture and sale of medicines. The increase in people involved in the manufacture and sale of medicines at different levels created the need to regulate and control activities at the different levels in order ...
... Grounds for regulating medicines 1. The increased number of individuals involved in the manufacture and sale of medicines. The increase in people involved in the manufacture and sale of medicines at different levels created the need to regulate and control activities at the different levels in order ...
Nursing Care at the End of Life
... during nursing school, so is acquiring competence and confidence in effective communication skills. This is a vital part of the role of any professional health care clinician when communicating to patients, families, and other members of the healthcare team. If one doesn’t possess confidence in thei ...
... during nursing school, so is acquiring competence and confidence in effective communication skills. This is a vital part of the role of any professional health care clinician when communicating to patients, families, and other members of the healthcare team. If one doesn’t possess confidence in thei ...
Care of the Patient with Accommodative and Vergence Dysfunction
... Accommodative and vergence dysfunctions are diverse visual anomalies. They occur when the visual system is incapable of performing near vision tasks efficiently either because these tasks lack the stereoscopic cues required for accurate vergence responses or because the tasks require accurate and su ...
... Accommodative and vergence dysfunctions are diverse visual anomalies. They occur when the visual system is incapable of performing near vision tasks efficiently either because these tasks lack the stereoscopic cues required for accurate vergence responses or because the tasks require accurate and su ...
Protocol User`s Guide
... The Schmitt (pediatric) and Thompson (adult) telephone protocols are decision-support tools for telephone care providers (TCPs). They assist the TCP through the data collection, triage, decision-making, disposition selection and advice-giving processes. Most telephone triagers are registered nurses ...
... The Schmitt (pediatric) and Thompson (adult) telephone protocols are decision-support tools for telephone care providers (TCPs). They assist the TCP through the data collection, triage, decision-making, disposition selection and advice-giving processes. Most telephone triagers are registered nurses ...
Surgery and Healing in the Developing World - Dartmouth
... view. The fact that you hold this book in hand means that you are interested in raising the blinds to look toward that larger world. There is a very great deal of it around you, often closer and more accessible than you might think. But, you may say, “ I have skills that are useful and could be empl ...
... view. The fact that you hold this book in hand means that you are interested in raising the blinds to look toward that larger world. There is a very great deal of it around you, often closer and more accessible than you might think. But, you may say, “ I have skills that are useful and could be empl ...
What is aseptic technique?
... Aseptic technique aims to prevent pathogenic micro-organisms from being introduced to susceptible body sites by hands, surfaces and equipment in sufficient quantity to cause infection. It protects patients during invasive clinical procedures by utilising infection prevention measures that minimise t ...
... Aseptic technique aims to prevent pathogenic micro-organisms from being introduced to susceptible body sites by hands, surfaces and equipment in sufficient quantity to cause infection. It protects patients during invasive clinical procedures by utilising infection prevention measures that minimise t ...
Medical Decision Making
... easily and therefore are likely to overestimate their probability. A clinician who had cared for a patient who had a swollen leg and who then died from a blood clot would vividly remember thrombosis as a cause of a swollen leg. The clinician would remember other causes of swollen legs less easily, a ...
... easily and therefore are likely to overestimate their probability. A clinician who had cared for a patient who had a swollen leg and who then died from a blood clot would vividly remember thrombosis as a cause of a swollen leg. The clinician would remember other causes of swollen legs less easily, a ...
Patient Flows to Improve Hospital Performance
... this report is to discuss ways for Backus Hospital to improve patient flows, which will increase patient satisfaction and safety, increase revenue, and decrease costs. The focus of the research is how the kaizen blitz and A3 methodologies can be used to develop ways to improve patient flow processes ...
... this report is to discuss ways for Backus Hospital to improve patient flows, which will increase patient satisfaction and safety, increase revenue, and decrease costs. The focus of the research is how the kaizen blitz and A3 methodologies can be used to develop ways to improve patient flow processes ...
CLINICAL EDUCATION MANUAL: ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 / 2014
... Section 3. A physician-patient relationship must be founded on mutual trust, cooperation, and respect. The patient, therefore, must have complete freedom to choose her/his physician. The physician must have complete freedom to choose patients whom she/he will serve. However, the physician should not ...
... Section 3. A physician-patient relationship must be founded on mutual trust, cooperation, and respect. The patient, therefore, must have complete freedom to choose her/his physician. The physician must have complete freedom to choose patients whom she/he will serve. However, the physician should not ...
Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much Updated
... earlier versions, including a simplified, single-question screening question; more guidance for managing alcohol-dependent patients; and an expanded target audience that includes mental health practitioners, since their patients are more likely to have alcohol problems than patients in the general p ...
... earlier versions, including a simplified, single-question screening question; more guidance for managing alcohol-dependent patients; and an expanded target audience that includes mental health practitioners, since their patients are more likely to have alcohol problems than patients in the general p ...
Final Decision Analytic Protocol (DAP)
... Optical coherence tomography has been proposed as a technology to improve the management of patients with macular oedema secondary to CRVO. This section will summarise the clinical aspects and pathogenesis of CRVO, describe the specific application of managing macular oedema/CRVO using OCT, which is ...
... Optical coherence tomography has been proposed as a technology to improve the management of patients with macular oedema secondary to CRVO. This section will summarise the clinical aspects and pathogenesis of CRVO, describe the specific application of managing macular oedema/CRVO using OCT, which is ...
Medication errors in Europe Dolores Villagran Sanchez Degree Thesis
... physicians as one important issue as patients going to hospitals or to receive medical attention and suffering from it is not new either. The author of the quote that opens this chapter, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), already realized that patients were not being necessary cured by being in the h ...
... physicians as one important issue as patients going to hospitals or to receive medical attention and suffering from it is not new either. The author of the quote that opens this chapter, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), already realized that patients were not being necessary cured by being in the h ...
Chapter 24 B - Shoulder - Louisiana Workforce Commission
... functional outcome and not purely for the purpose of pain relief. The concept of "cure” with respect to surgical treatment by itself is generally a misnomer. All operative interventions must be based upon positive correlation of clinical findings, clinical course, and diagnostic tests. A comprehensi ...
... functional outcome and not purely for the purpose of pain relief. The concept of "cure” with respect to surgical treatment by itself is generally a misnomer. All operative interventions must be based upon positive correlation of clinical findings, clinical course, and diagnostic tests. A comprehensi ...
Positive fertility outcomes in a female with classic congenital adrenal
... with classic CAH and in a phase 1 study of adult women with classic CAH respectively, but this approach is not considered standard therapy [10, 11]. However, the use of an oral contraceptive and the antiandrogen spironolactone is commonly used in the treatment of non-classic CAH, the mild form of th ...
... with classic CAH and in a phase 1 study of adult women with classic CAH respectively, but this approach is not considered standard therapy [10, 11]. However, the use of an oral contraceptive and the antiandrogen spironolactone is commonly used in the treatment of non-classic CAH, the mild form of th ...
PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Definitions
... Application (formerly Undesignated Indication Form) is necessary to provide the appropriate clinical information for each patient ...
... Application (formerly Undesignated Indication Form) is necessary to provide the appropriate clinical information for each patient ...
Low Back Rehabilitation and Stabilization Program
... range of positions in which the patient feels less pain (or at least feels more stable) and the joints are protected from end-range loading. In addition, the patient practices co-contracting the low back extensor and abdominal muscles with enough force to create a bracing “corset” for the low back w ...
... range of positions in which the patient feels less pain (or at least feels more stable) and the joints are protected from end-range loading. In addition, the patient practices co-contracting the low back extensor and abdominal muscles with enough force to create a bracing “corset” for the low back w ...
Medical ethics
Medical ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine.As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical application in clinical settings as well as work on its history, philosophy, and sociology.