BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester +16 more
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Effectiveness of appropriately trained nurses in preoperative assessment: randomised controlled equivalence/non-inferiority trial [PDF]
, 2002 Objective To determine whether preoperative assessments carried out by appropriately trained nurses are inferior in quality to those carried out by preregistration house officers. Design Randomised controlled equivalence/non-inferiority trial.
Alhameed, Hameed +15 more
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Building a collaborative culture in cardiothoracic operating rooms: Pre and postintervention study protocol for evaluation of the implementation of teamSTEPPS training and the impact on perceived psychological safety [PDF]
, 2017 IntroductionThe importance of effective communication, a key component of teamwork, is well recognised in the healthcare setting. Establishing a culture that encourages and empowers team members to speak openly in the cardiothoracic (CT) operating room ...
Avidan, Michael Simon +9 more
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Risk of postoperative pulmonary complications in adult surgical patients with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as an accumulation of risk factors that include chronic hypertension, dyslipidaemia, insulin resistance and obesity and leads to an increased risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Gow, Jeffrey +4 more
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Obzornik zdravstvene nege, 2017 Introduction: There has been little research on systematic training of new employees in perioperative nursing. The aim of the present study was to establish whether the attitude of the employees in perioperative nursing towards the training of new ...
Tina Oblak, Brigita Skela Savič
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Anesthesia Preoperative Clinic Referral for Elevated Hba1c Reduces Complication Rate in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is risk factor for complications after orthopedic surgery. Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that anesthesia preoperative clinic (APC) referral for elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) reduces complication rate ...
Breakwell, Susan +5 more
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Evaluation of the Scrub Practitioners' List of Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills (SPLINTS) system [PDF]
, 2012 Peer ...
Coutts, Kathy +5 more
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Construction of perioperative nursing quality evaluation index for Stanford type A aortic dissection
Huli yanjiu, 2022 ObjectiveTo construct a perioperative nursing quality evaluation index system for Stanford type A aortic dissection and to provide quantifiable evaluation indexes for clinical nursing management.MethodsBased on evidence⁃based and Donabedian's structure ...
LIANG Ping, ZHANG Xiangjing, WANG Ying
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Diathermy smoke: hazardous to health? [PDF]
, 2013 The heat used in electrocautery causes cells to boil and explode, or simply dry up, producing a gaseous by-product known as diathermy smoke. This smoke may have mutagenic and carcinogenic potential, similar to that of cigarette smoke (Spearman et al ...
Brown, Steven, Dunn, Lynda
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BMC Nursing, 2023 Background Perioperative missed nursing care is a serious issue that can compromise patient safety and quality of care. However, little is known about the factors that influence perioperative missed nursing care.
Ahmed Abdelwahab Ibrahim El-Sayed +3 more
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