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E O'Connor

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Safety devices for neonatal intensive care.

Three relatively simple devices for improving safety in neonatal intensive care are described. When umbilical artery catheters are used, an inexpensive pressure switch is utilized to detect abnormally low pressures associated with catheter withdrawal or excessive fluid leakage from the catheter system. A capacitive, intravenous-line air bubble detector, consisting of a section of the intravenous line as the dielectric of a capacitor, is used to alert the clinical staff when air bubbles pass between the capacitor plates. An electronic temperature controller maintains the temperature of neonatal breathing gases to avoid temperature variations which occur with presently used techniques. These are relatively simple and inexpensive devices which can be fabricated by most hospital clinical engineering services.

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"Why are we working so hard?" A cross-sectional survey of factors influencing GP workload in the Eastern Regional Health Authority area.

There is increasing evidence to suggest that the subjective workload of GPs in Ireland is too heavy. The aims of this study, therefore, were to identify the social and demographic issues that GPs perceive as being implicated in determining their workload. A self-administered questionnaire, inviting GPs to score a series of factors according to the degree to which it increased their workload, was sent to one-quarter of GPs practising in the Eastern Regional Health Authority (ERHA) area. The response rate was 71%. Seventy-nine (60%) felt their workload was 'too heavy,' while 109 (85%) felt they could improve the quality of care they provide, if their workload was reduced. Access to OPD services (mean score = 7.31), access to other hospital services (mean score = 7.16), and the number of elderly patients (mean score = 6.28) were considered to be the most important factors in determining workload. This paper describes the factors that impact on self-perceived workload for GPs, factors which need to be considered when planning and funding future developments in primary care.

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