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Evidence-Informed Development of a Bundle for Peripheral Intravenous Catheterization in Portugal: A Delphi Consensus Study

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, Filipe Paiva-Santos, Liliana B. Sousa, Rafael A. Bernardes, Filipa Ventura, Anabela Salgueiro-Oliveira, Pedro Parreira, Margarida Vieira, João Graveto   +8 more
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Robot-assisted surgical ward rounds: virtually always there [PDF]

BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 2018
Background While an explosion in technological sophistication has revolutionised surgery within the operating theatre, delivery of surgical ward-based care has seen little innovation. Use of telepresence allowing offsite clinicians communicate with patients has been largely restricted to outpatient settings or use ...
Stefanie M. Croghan, Paul Carroll, Sarah Reade, Amy E Gillis, Paul F Ridgway   +4 more
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Role of Briefing and Debriefing in Running Surgical Ward Round Effectively: A Prospective Observational Study

International Journal of Surgery Research & Practice, 2022
Sajid et al. Int J Surg Res Pract 2022, 9:141 Citation: Sajid MS, Shafique S, Malik AM, Swaminathan C, Sains P, et al. (2022) Role of Briefing and Debriefing in Running Surgical Ward Round Effectively: A Prospective Observational Study.
Sajid Muhamamd S, Shafique Shehram, Malik Ahmed M, Swaminathan Christi, Sains Parv, Singh Krishna K   +5 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
doaj   +1 more source

Do ward rounds offer effective teaching and training? Obstacles to learning and what makes good teaching in a large tertiary care hospital from trainee doctor’s perspective

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, Rajendram, Rajkumar, Al-Jahdali, Hamdan, Al-Harbi, Abdullah, Al-Ghamdi, Majed, Hasan, Imad, Obaidi, Mostafa Mohammad, Masuadi, Emad   +7 more
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TP9.2.27A closed loop audit looking at the use of a checklist in surgical ward rounds to improve ward round documentation. Can we improve patient safety?

British Journal of Surgery, 2021
To assess if surgical ward rounds would improve through the use of a peri-operative ward round checklist in the clinical notes. We performed a closed loop audit with a different novel ward round checklist in each audit, the second made from ...
Christopher Liao, Emma Sheaff, H. Wilkins   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Evaluation of the Impact of Barcode Patient and Medication Scanning on Nursing Workflow at a UK Teaching Hospital

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, Georgina Phillips, Esmita Charani, Alison Holmes, Giovanni Satta   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical ward rounds in England: a trainee-led multi-centre study of current practice [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Recent guidance advocates daily consultant-led ward rounds, conducted in the morning with the presence of senior nursing staff and minimising patients on outlying wards.
Alexander Brown, Andrew Hollowood, Ceri Rowlands, Jennifer Smith, Natalie S Blencowe, null null, Sarah K Richards, Sean Strong, Shelly N Griffiths, Steve T Hornby   +9 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, Josephine Walshaw, Josephine Walshaw, Ayla Brown, Tehmina Nadeem, Marina Yiasemidou, Terence Lo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source