This document highlights the January 2014 changes, revisions, and updates to the NHSN Patient Safety Component Manual, which impact the way data are collected and reported to NHSN. Although other minor revisions, not highlighted here, have been made to the manual, they generally represent wording ...
Background: Eight medical students from the University of Dundee (UK) embarked on a four week 'Student Selected Component' (SSC) focussing on issues surrounding patient safety. The component was student-led with the students deciding on a range of projects, which would enhance their understanding...
PX is an essential component for achieving quality health care. A systematic review of 55 studies [7] revealed that PX and clinical effectiveness dimensions, such as health outcomes, adherence to recommended medications, preventive care, and the use of health care resources, had positive ...
Future research should aim to identify the efficacious component(s) of palliative care. Second, future studies should assess patient-reported outcomes using a core set of standardized and validated measures appropriate for seriously ill patients at similar time points. Third, additional studies are ...
Adding a semantic modeling component based on, for example, topic modeling55 or word embeddings56, might lead to more clinically meaningful patterns. Future works will attempt to address these limitations and to further improve and replicate the architecture. First, we plan to enable multilevel ...
Five systematic reviews examined falls prevention interventions in different hospital settings (Table1). The settings included acute, sub-acute, rehabilitation, community and residential care facilities. All systematic reviews evaluated multifactorial interventions that incorporated a component of patient educatio...
harm while using services. Patient safety is viewed as a crucial component of quality in healthcare service. To improve safety climate in healthcare, the WHO established, in 2004, the World Alliance for Patient Safety, aiming at mobilizing global efforts to improve the safety of healthcare for...
Table 1. Synopsis of hands-on manual cold cap training. Preparation Building a kit of supplies for doing Cold Cap Therapy Effective dry ice sizes to use and safety precautions Layout of cold cap supplies, and prepping the cap and headband for use Kneading of cap to improve pliability & fit...
Study Protocol Open access Published: 10 July 2024 PET-CT-guided, symptom-based, patient-initiated surveillance versus clinical follow-up in head neck cancer patients (PETNECK2): study protocol for a multicentre feasibility study and non-inferiority, randomised, phase III trial Paul Nankivell, ...
January 201616 -1Obtained in a manner to prevent introduction of organisms from the surrounding tissues into the specimen being collected. Birthweight is the weight of the infant at the time of birth and should not be changed as the infant gains weight. The birthweight categories are as ...