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Impact on maternity professionals of novel approaches to clinical audit feedback [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We compared three approaches to feedback of clinical audit findings relating to miscarriage in 15 Scottish maternity services (printed report alone; report plus Action Planning Letter; report plus face-to-face Facilitated Action Planning).
Cameron, Martin   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical audit does not work, is quality improvement any better?

open access: yesBritish journal of hospital medicine, 2018
This article reviews the history of clinical audit and appraises its effectiveness. It discusses why audit can be ineffective in improving care and makes proposals to remove these barriers.
A. Boyle, Jeff Keep
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Positive association between ambulance double-crewing and OHCA outcomes: A New Zealand observational study

open access: yesResuscitation Plus, 2021
Background and objectives: New Zealand emergency medical service (EMS) crewing configurations generally place one (single) or two (double) crew on each responding ambulance unit.
Bridget Dicker   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

What influences postgraduate psychiatric trainees’ attitudes to clinical audit? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Introduction: Clinical audit is an important component of safe and ethical practice but many clinicians cite barriers to engagement in audit.Methodology: A total of 81 basic specialist trainees in psychiatry were surveyed in terms of their basic ...
McWilliams, S., Schofield, S.
core   +3 more sources

Protocolised Management In Sepsis (ProMISe): a multicentre randomised controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of early, goal-directed, protocolised resuscitation for emerging septic shock

open access: yesHealth Technology Assessment, 2015
Background: Early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) is recommended in international guidance for the resuscitation of patients presenting with early septic shock.
Paul R Mouncey   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of standard fasting guidelines as assessed by gastric ultrasound examination: A clinical audit

open access: yesIndian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2018
Background and Aims: An audit was conducted between July 2017 and November 2017 to assess the adequacy of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) fasting guidelines on 246 patients by means of gastric ultrasonography (USG).
Sadhvi Sharma, A. Deo, P. Raman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Promoting research and audit at medical school: evaluating the educational impact of participation in a student-led national collaborative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Medical students often struggle to engage in extra-curricular research and audit. The Student Audit and Research in Surgery (STARSurg) network is a novel student-led, national research collaborative.
Bhangu, A   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Restricted fluid bolus versus current practice in children with septic shock: the FiSh feasibility study and pilot RCT

open access: yesHealth Technology Assessment, 2018
Background: There has been no randomised controlled trial (RCT) of fluid bolus therapy in paediatric sepsis in the developed world despite evidence that excess fluid may be associated with harm.
David Inwald   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Where do hands go? An audit of sequential hand-touch events on a hospital ward [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Reservoirs of pathogens could establish themselves at forgotten sites on a ward, posing a continued risk for transmission to patients via unwashed hands.
Dancer, S.J.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

A nurse-led, preventive, psychological intervention to reduce PTSD symptom severity in critically ill patients: the POPPI feasibility study and cluster RCT

open access: yesHealth Services and Delivery Research, 2019
Background: High numbers of patients experience severe acute stress in critical care units. Acute stress has been linked to post-critical care psychological morbidity, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Paul R Mouncey   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

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