Janet Howard.
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Attitude of Health Personnel↗
Biomedical subjects
Janet Howard
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Informing the future: 2. Developing the role of community IPCNs.
This paper is the second in a two-part series summarising the main findings and conclusions of a review of the roles and responsibilities of infection prevention and control nurses commissioned by the Department of Health. It describes the core work of IPCNs, discusses the strengths and constraints of the current role and makes suggestions for future development.
Communicable Disease Control↗
Informing the future: 1. A review of nursing roles and responsibilities in community infection control.
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Communicable Disease Control↗
Reducing missed injuries at a level II trauma center.
The phenomenon of missed injury in trauma patients has been recognized for some time. Tertiary examination has been proposed as one strategy to decrease the incidence of missed injuries. The tertiary examination is a comprehensive reevaluation that includes a repeated head-to-toe examination and review of all laboratory and radiologic studies, completed within 24 hours of admission. The purpose of this study was to assess the statistical significance of missed injuries discovered through tertiary examinations at a level II trauma center. Over a period of 6 months, a tertiary examination was completed before discharge of admitted patients who met activation criteria. Of the 90 patients, 13 had a missed injury (incidence of 14%), which was significant. The 16 missed injuries represented only 2.7% of the total 589 injuries, which was not significant. The most commonly missed injuries were fractures of the extremities. We propose that tertiary examinations be adopted as a standard of care for patients admitted to level II trauma centers.
Diagnostic Errors↗