Development and Implementation of POCT in Mobile Critical Care Units for Improved Patient Safety in Rural Areas

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-154
Author(s):  
F. J. Merida ◽  
E. E. Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Critical Care Units

Occupational stress, burnout and patient safety culture among workers from critical care and non critical care units in a hospital in Brazil

2020 ◽  
pp. 102978
Author(s):  
Alessandra Suptitz Carneiro ◽  
Rafaela Andolhe ◽  
Graziele de Lima Dalmolin ◽  
Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães ◽  
Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Critical Care Units

scholarly journals Infusion medication concentrations in UK’s critical care areas: Are the Intensive Care Society’s recommendations being used?

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yovita D Titiesari ◽  
Greg Barton ◽  
Mark Borthwick ◽  
Susan Keeling ◽  
Peter Keeling
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Society ◽  
Care Society ◽  
Critical Care Units ◽  
The Uk

Following two studies done in 2007 and 2009, a follow-up of the adherence to the suggested guidelines on drug standardisation has been performed with a suggestion for future standards that can be achieved, to complement the recently published Carter report. The Intensive Care Society (ICS) introduced recommendations for infusion concentrations of 16 medications commonly used in critical care areas. The importance being improvement in patient safety and rationalised use of available critical care resources. Five years after publication of these recommendations, a further audit has been undertaken to assess the level of acceptance and application. This revealed that 89.5% of the 133 surveyed units (representing 42.49% critical care units across the UK) have adopted the recommendations. There are further medication concentrations which could also be standardised.

scholarly journals Surveillance: A Strategy for Improving Patient Safety in Acute and Critical Care Units

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. e9-e18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Henneman ◽  
Anna Gawlinski ◽  
Karen K. Giuliano
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision Support Systems ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
Critical Care Units ◽  
Interdisciplinary Rounds ◽  
Definition Of

Surveillance is a nursing intervention that has been identified as an important strategy in preventing and identifying medical errors and adverse events. The definition of surveillance proposed by the Nursing Intervention Classification is the purposeful and ongoing acquisition, interpretation, and synthesis of patient data for clinical decision making. The term surveillance is often used interchangeably with the term monitoring, yet surveillance differs significantly from monitoring both in purpose and scope. Monitoring is a key activity in the surveillance process, but monitoring alone is insufficient for conducting effective surveillance. Much of the attention in the bedside patient safety movement has been focused on efforts to implement processes that ultimately improve the surveillance process. These include checklists, interdisciplinary rounds, clinical information systems, and clinical decision support systems. To identify optimal surveillance patterns and to develop and test technologies that assist critical care nurses in performing effective surveillance, more research is needed, particularly with innovative approaches to describe and evaluate the best surveillance practices of bedside nurses.

scholarly journals Nurses' compliance to patient and environmental safety guidelines in critical care units

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Eman Aly Abd Elhamid ◽  
Nehad Ezz Eldin Abdallah ◽  
Safaa Mohamed Abd Elrahman 3
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Critical Care Units ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Safety Guidelines

The ability to provide safe and high-quality care to patients is the primary goal and the focus for many health care providers. Guidelines can be used to reduce adverse event in practice and to promote the delivery of high quality and evidence-based health care. The aim of the study to investigate nurses' compliance to patient and environmental safety guidelines in critical care units. Descriptive research design was utilized to achieve the aim of this study. The study was carried out at three of Minia University Hospitals in Minia city. All available nurses (n= 88) who were working in critical care units at time of data collection in the selected hospitals. An environmental and patient safety guidelines questionnaire was used to achieve the aim of this study. Results: less than two third of studied subject were not compliance to patient safety nurses', while nurses complied to environmental safety with 62.5% in critical care units; also, there is highly statistical significance between departments and nurses' compliance to patient safety. Thus, it was concluded that less than two third of studied subject were not compliance to patient safety. As well as environmental safety in critical care units was appropriate with 62.5% in critical care units. Recommendations: Staff development programs for nurses working in critical care units related to patient and environmental safety as well as ensuring that the organization’s annual budget includes adequate resources to implement and evaluate health and safety activities.  

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