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Consumer Perspectives on PICU Safety and Quality. [PDF]

Nurs Crit Care
ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine consumer perceptions and priorities for safety and quality in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) to inform safety measurement and quality improvement efforts. We conducted a cross‐sectional, co‐designed survey distributed to PICU parents/caregivers across Australia and New Zealand.
Charles KR, Long DA, Lake A, Hall L, Spotswood NE, Poulter AL, Rahiman S, Gibbons KS, Rickard CM, Schults JA, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Development of a High-Risk Medication List for Australian Residential Aged Care: A Modified Delphi Study. [PDF]

Australas J Ageing
ABSTRACT Introduction High‐risk medications are medications associated with significant patient harm or death if misused or used in error. This study aimed to develop a national consensus high‐risk medication list for use in Australian residential aged care.
Cross AJ, Chaudhry M, Goordeen D, Breen JL, Clark M, Daly S, Delardes B, Hart B, Hawthorne D, Hayball PJ, Hilmer SN, Kouladjian O'Donnell L, Kulh M, Lee K, Liew DFL, Macfarlane S, Manias E, Marinucci A, Pond CD, Rawson H, Slatyer S, Stafford A, Thomson AB, Wang K, Wasef K, Zimmerman J, Andrew NE, Godbole GP, Lord L, Manek A, McInerney B, Steeper M, Turner JP, Bell JS.   +33 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Digital technologies and clinical decision support tools available for diabetes triage in the inpatient setting: A systematic literature review. [PDF]

Diabet Med
Abstract Aims People with diabetes who are admitted to hospital are at risk of adverse in‐hospital outcomes due to glycaemic dysregulation. Both the prevalence of diabetes and adverse outcomes are higher in rural and regional hospitals where infrastructure is more limited.
Murfet G, Carey N, Ng AH, Walters R, Pearce K, Barmanray RD, Wischer N, Rothmann MJ.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proposed Diagnostic Reference Levels for Frequently Performed Paediatric Radiographic Examinations

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
Paediatric diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) are weight‐stratified dose levels for typical medical imaging examinations for broadly defined types of equipment. The 75th percentiles of the FRLs across the nine X‐ray units from five centres in Australia were calculated as the proposed Local DRLs (LDRLs).
Edel Doyle, Matthew R. Dimmock, Kam L. Lee, Peter Thomas, Richard B. Bassed   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
wiley   +1 more source

Cuttings, Combings, Fettlings and Flock: Gender and Australian Wool ‘Waste’, 1900–1950

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As Australia's wool industry produced vast amounts of fine fleece from the nineteenth century, the wool processing and clothes manufacturing industries generated waste – products like cuttings, combings, fettlings and flock. Salvaged and then sold to waste merchants, these and other materials had a second life.
Lorinda Cramer
wiley   +1 more source

Managing micronutrients in metabolic and bariatric surgery: A mixed methods study of Australian dietitians' practice and perspectives

Nutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Dietitians play key roles in the care of patients undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery, including micronutrient management. This study aimed to explore Australian dietitians' practices and perspectives on managing micronutrients in bariatric surgery.
Xueying Tang, Skye Marshall, Alexandra R. Davidson, Lillian Craggs‐Dino, Flavia Fayet‐Moore, Dianne P. Reidlinger   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

A Pilot Randomised Controlled Dose‐Ranging Trial of Ant Venom Immunotherapy With and Without Delta‐Inulin Adjuvant

Clinical &Experimental Allergy, EarlyView.
Low dose (25mcg) jack jumper ant venom immunotherapy with or without Advax adjuvant, had similar efficacy to the current standard of care. Reduction in basophil activation test reactivity in response to treatment correlated with sting challenge outcome.
Thanh‐Thao Adriana Le, Troy Wanandy, Griffith B. Perkins, Susan Lester, Wun Yee Lau, Malcolm Turner, Richard J. Woodman, Emily M. Mulcahy, Sherin Vareeckal Joseph, Shweta Mhatre, Simon G. A. Brown, Michael D. Wiese, Nikolai Petrovsky, Robert J. Heddle, Pravin Hissaria   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source