CONTENTS
VOLUME 14 ISSUE 4
5 Comment
6 Cover Story: Establishing an acute ambulatory service
9 News 66 Products
FEATURES 17 Savile: what have we learned?
KATE WOODHEAD RGN DMS provides an insight into a comprehensive report on the lessons that must be learned from investigations into failures to protect patients and NHS staff.
21 Raising hospital cleaning standards
Experts are calling on the UK to follow Denmark’s lead in adopting an approved standard for hospital cleaning, using quantitative testing to assess performance.
26 Regulating for
risk reduction The Royal College of Surgeons has announced a set of proposals to improve standards of care for patients having cosmetic surgery.
31 Targeting cancer: new research
New approaches to screening and treatment of cancer are currently under development, aimed at speeding up diagnosis and improving outcomes.
35 Answering questions of patient safety
An overview of the key issues to be discussed at the EBME seminar, including a preview of the latest solutions and innovations being showcased at the event.
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43 Reducing C-section wound complications
A report on a recent study into the use of a disposable negative pressure wound therapy system for women with a BMI>35, undergoing Caesarean section deliveries.
49 The next step towards an open
reporting culture CSJ reports on the findings of the recently published Freedom to Speak Up review, which investigate the issues surrounding whistleblowing and the changes needed to create a more honest reporting culture.
53 The future of point of care diagnostics
Testing for infectious diseases in minutes, rather than days, is becoming a reality using new smartphone-based biosensor technology.
57 Benefits for patient
retrieval services An insight into how point of care ultrasound systems are proving beneficial to adult and paediatric retrievals services in Scotland.
60 NCDs: Reducing the burden on the NHS
SUZANNE CALLANDER reports on activity in the UK to reduce the NHS burden for treating some of the major noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
64 Human factors and hand hygiene
The benefits of integrating human factors in healthcare and how hand hygiene fits into the bigger picture.
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