Nursing
Consensus Statement | Development of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) surgical safety checklist
10 Feb, 2023 | 14:03h | UTC
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
The @WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and the @ErasSociety guidelines come together.?
#ERAS teams can leverage 2 tools in 1 to improve care in critical perioperative communication moments https://t.co/EaXYyj7b56
via @JAMANetworkOpen part of @JAMANetwork pic.twitter.com/WHJMjThubO— Mary Brindle (@MaryEBrindle) February 8, 2023
SHEA/IDSA/APIC Recommendations | Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene
9 Feb, 2023 | 14:08h | UTC
M-A | Incidence and characteristics of adverse events in pediatric inpatient care
9 Feb, 2023 | 13:32h | UTC
Updating international consensus on best practice in care of the dying: a Delphi study
6 Feb, 2023 | 13:41h | UTC
Opinion | Hospital masking should be optional
6 Feb, 2023 | 13:37h | UTCHospital masking should be optional – Sensible Medicine
Related: SR | Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses
AAP Policy Statement | The hospitalized adolescent
3 Feb, 2023 | 14:09h | UTCPolicy Statement: The Hospitalized Adolescent – Pediatrics
Clinical Report: The Hospitalized Adolescent – Pediatrics
News Release: American Academy of Pediatrics Issues New Recommendations on Hospitalized Adolescents – American Academy of Pediatrics
A primer on home infusion administration methods
2 Feb, 2023 | 14:57h | UTCA Primer on Home Infusion Administration Methods – Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Report | Tranexamic acid at cesarean delivery: drug-error deaths
31 Jan, 2023 | 13:39h | UTC
Review | Interventions using digital technology to promote family engagement in the adult intensive care unit
19 Jan, 2023 | 13:59h | UTC
Review | Surgical site infection prevention
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:31h | UTCSurgical Site Infection Prevention: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author interview: Surgical Site Infection Prevention – JAMA
Related:
Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization
AAOS Guideline: Prevention of surgical site infections after major extremity trauma.
Review | Organization-wide approaches to foster effective unit-level efforts to improve clinician well-being
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:19h | UTC
Cohort Study | Adverse events identified in nearly one in four hospital admissions
15 Jan, 2023 | 20:40h | UTCThe Safety of Inpatient Health Care – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Have Harmful Event During Their Stay – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
A retrospective cohort study assessed patient safety in 11 Massachusetts hospitals in 2018. Adverse events were identified in 24% of hospital admissions and preventable adverse events in 7%. https://t.co/o4JM4JbxSF pic.twitter.com/yPSnvXM5IR
— NEJM (@NEJM) January 13, 2023
M-A | Effectiveness of outpatient geriatric rehabilitation after inpatient geriatric rehabilitation or hospitalization
15 Jan, 2023 | 19:48h | UTC
Development of telehealth principles and guidelines for older adults: a modified Delphi approach
13 Jan, 2023 | 13:32h | UTC
An evidence and consensus-based definition of “Second Victim”
12 Jan, 2023 | 13:21h | UTC
Statement | Pre-procedure and pre-admission COVID-19 testing no longer recommended for asymptomatic patients
11 Jan, 2023 | 14:36h | UTCRecommendation Statement: Asymptomatic screening for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as an infection prevention measure in healthcare facilities: Challenges and considerations – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Commentary: Infectious disease board recommends hospitals stop screening asymptomatic patients for Covid-19 – STAT
Podcast | Delirium in the hospital
11 Jan, 2023 | 14:12h | UTC#375 Delirium in the Hospital featuring Dr. Esther Oh – The Curbsiders
SR | Ultrasound guidance versus landmark method for peripheral venous cannulation in adults.
16 Dec, 2022 | 13:08h | UTC
Review | Transport of the patient with trauma.
13 Dec, 2022 | 14:07h | UTCTransport of the patient with trauma: a narrative review – Anaesthesia
RCT | Medical masks vs. N95 respirators for preventing COVID-19 among health care workers.
30 Nov, 2022 | 13:52h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
A randomized trial of medical masks vs N95s in health care workers to prevent Covid https://t.co/CSJkFLE15z
—It's woefully underpowered but ruled out a doubling of hazard for use of medical masks
—In 3 of the 4 countries there was less risk with N95s (p=NS) pic.twitter.com/B7iBvT1J9B— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 28, 2022
Review | Psychiatric issues among health professionals.
24 Nov, 2022 | 13:29h | UTCPsychiatric Issues Among Health Professionals – Medical Clinics of North America
SR | Exercise for acutely hospitalized older medical patients.
21 Nov, 2022 | 14:28h | UTCExercise for acutely hospitalised older medical patients – Cochrane Library
Summary: Exercise for older patients during unplanned hospital stays – Cochrane Library
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/CochraneUK/status/1593169319881756672
AHA Scientific Statement | An overview of telehealth in the management of cardiovascular disease.
15 Nov, 2022 | 13:01h | UTCNews Release: Telehealth is a valuable option in cardiovascular care, though challenges remain – American Heart Association
Brief Review | Preventing pressure injuries among patients in the intensive care unit.
1 Nov, 2022 | 11:50h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Preventing pressure injuries in #ICU
? knowledge gains/prevention improvements: continuous bedside pressure mapping & prophylactic dressings
? practical suggestions to alleviate PI development: using these as bundle may evidence greater effect#FOAMcc
? https://t.co/iGMun2A2PM pic.twitter.com/owgfAlfeqF— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) August 23, 2022
Review | The effect of educational interventions in managing nurses’ alarm fatigue.
21 Oct, 2022 | 12:46h | UTC