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Background European countries face fiscal pressure regarding the long-term sustainability of their healthcare system due to increasing levels of public health expenditures and mounting demographic pressures.
Lisa Aufegger +3 more
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Intravascular Iodinated Contrast Media Administration in Adults: A Patient Safety Approach [PDF]
In 2013, The ICPS Contrast Media Usage and Exposure Workgroup was formed to review, define, assess and implement best practices regarding the use of intravascular iodinated contrast media (CM) in diagnostic and interventional procedures with respect to ...
Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety
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ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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Learning about patient safety: organisational context and culture in the education of health care professionals [PDF]
Objectives This study investigated the formal and informal ways pre-registration students from medicine, nursing, physiotherapy and pharmacy learn about keeping patients safe.
Ashcroft, Darren +5 more
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Introduction: The palliative patient is more predisposed to the consequences of the error situations. Aim: To understand patient safety in the context of palliative. Materials and Methods: Integrative literature review which included studies of the last eleven years, using descriptors from Medline, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, and the Portuguese Open ...
Afonso, Tânia dos Santos +2 more
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ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie +4 more
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Aim To measure safety performance, situational judgement test, which is a method composed of job‐related situations, can be used. This study aimed to develop and test its psychometric properties by measuring the safety performance of healthcare ...
Lina Heier +5 more
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Can Patient Safety Incident Reports Be Used to Compare Hospital Safety? Results from a Quantitative Analysis of the English National Reporting and Learning System Data. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) collects reports about patient safety incidents in England. Government regulators use NRLS data to assess the safety of hospitals.
Athanasiou, T +5 more
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ABSTRACT Background An international Delphi panel of experts developed consensus statements to delineate the circumstances where the risks of dexamethasone as an antiemetic do and do not outweigh its benefits. Procedure Experts in supportive care of pediatric patients were invited to participate.
Negar Shavandi +20 more
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Data Snapshot: Nasogastric Tube Misplacements
Nasogastric and orogastric tubes, herein collectively referred to as nasogastric tubes (NGT), are inserted into a patient’s nasal or oral cavity to administer feedings or medications or remove stomach contents.1 Tube misplacement is a known complication ...
Lea Anne Gardner, Susan Wallace
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