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Nursing Reports, 2022 Contrary to many international settings, there are no clinical guidelines for peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) insertion and maintenance in Portugal. We sought to derive an international consensus on a PIVC bundle that could guide Portuguese nurses’
Paulo Santos-Costa +8 more
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The First Clinic of Surgery in Lithuania and its Founders
Lietuvos Chirurgija, 2022 The developement of surgery in Vilnius and Lithuania is related to the Vilnius University Clinic of surgery founded in the middle of 1808–1809 academic year, that is more than 200 years ago and it was the first specialized clinical institution of the ...
Vytautas Triponis, Dalia Triponienė
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GMS Journal for Medical Education, 2021 Background: Ward rounds (WR) have been integral to the process of teaching and learning medicine and also provides a vital opportunity to communicate with the patient, their relatives, and other healthcare professionals.
Khan, Mohammad Ayaz +7 more
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BMJ Open Quality, 2023 Hospital bed shortage is a worldwide concern. Their unavailability has caused elective surgery cancellations at our hospital peaking in spring 2016 at over 50%.
Mohamed Adhnan Thaha +4 more
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Pharmacy, 2020 Barcode medication administration (BCMA) is advocated as a technology that reduces medication errors relating to incorrect patient identity, drug or dose. Little is known, however, about the impact it has on nursing workflow.
Sara Barakat, Bryony Dean Franklin
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Antibiotic prescribing practices in general surgery: a mixed methods quality improvement project
Infection Prevention in Practice, 2021 Summary: Background: A single pre-operative antibiotic dose provides optimal prophylaxis against surgical site infection (SSI), but significant variability persists in adherence to prophylaxis guidelines. We describe a quality improvement project aiming
Georgia Lamb +4 more
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Improving weekend handover in a teaching hospital elective general surgery department
Frontiers in Surgery, 2023 BackgroundEffective documentation and transfer of clinical information are vital for the continuity of care, patient safety, and maintaining medico-legal records, as outlined by the Royal College of Surgeons “Safe Handover: Guidance from the Working Time
Eloise Dexter +6 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 IntroductionMandibular distraction osteogenesis, a recommended therapy for hemifacial microsomia, has brought much agony because of its traumatic procedures and peri-osteotomy complications.
Xuetong Wang +5 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022 Objectives: We investigated the roles of patient carers in infection-related care on surgical wards in a South Indian hospital from the perspective of healthcare workers (HCWs), patients, and their carers.
Surya Surendran +7 more
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Ward round competences in surgery and psychiatry - a comparative multidisciplinary interview study
BMC Medical Education, 2019 Background The ward round is a key element in everyday hospital inpatient care irrespective of the medical speciality. The underperformance in conducting ward rounds of junior clinicians has already been described.
Elisa Vietz +5 more
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