Showing posts with label surgical wards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surgical wards. Show all posts

Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Simple interventions can greatly improve clinical documentation

"In conclusion, simple, cost effective measures in streamlining medical notes, improves the quality of documentation, facilitates the filing and ultimately improves patient care."

Simple interventions can greatly improve clinical documentation: a quality improvement project of record keeping on the surgical wards at a district general hospital
P Glen, N Earl, F Gooding, E Lucas, N Sangha, S Ramcharitar
BMJ Quality Improvement 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u208191.w3260

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Thursday, 28 May 2015

Standardising the organisation of clinical equipment on surgical wards

"By implementing, a very simple common-sense intervention with multidisciplinary engagement, supportive managers, and a versatile adaptive strategy we achieved a measured reduction in the time-taken to locate clinical equipment."

Standardising the organisation of clinical equipment on surgical wards at North Bristol NHS Trust: a quality improvement initiative
J Ward, R Spencer, E Soo, K Finucane
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u208308.w3441

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Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Comparison of strategies to reduce MRSA rates in surgical patients

"In surgical wards with relatively low MRSA prevalence, a combination of enhanced standard and MRSA-specific infection control approaches was required to reduce MRSA rates."

Comparison of strategies to reduce meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus rates in surgical patients: a controlled multicentre intervention trial
AS Lee, et al.
BMJ Open, 2013, 3:e003126

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