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THE CLINICAL SERVICES JOURNAL Inside this issue 35 Advanced education on instruments & endoscopes
5 Editor’s Comment Overmedicalisation: a problematic term?
6 Cover Story: Let’s elevate the status of decontamination
Training of decontamination staff is vital for patient safety, but can also have other key benefits – including boosting morale and enhancing the overall performance of the department.
9 News
Latest news on healthcare challenges, trends, developments, breakthroughs and innovation...
15 Challenges ahead for delivering integrated care
Kate Woodhead RGN DMS considers the challenges around delivering ‘better integrated care’ and explains the frameworks and strategies that seek to focus on prevention, better outcomes and reducing health inequalities.
19 Tackling bad behaviour in the operating theatre
Future Surgery recently cast a light on bullying, discrimination, and sexual misconduct in the NHS, and discussed the efforts required to foster an inclusive culture to support staff wellbeing. Exclusive coverage by Louise Frampton.
24 Identifying top priorities for the NHS
The next Government will be tasked with tackling the major challenges faced by the NHS – from staff shortages, strikes over pay and huge waiting lists, to increasing demand from an ageing and increasingly obese population, health inequalities, and a crisis in social care. Recent major reports have outlined the priorities for future leaders. CSJ provides an overview of their key findings.
31 Making a difference: towards a safer tomorrow
Following the success of previous events, Knowlex is further looking at expanding the horizons of infection prevention and control (IPC) at the Infection Prevention and Control Conference, scheduled for April 23 - 24, at The National Conference Centre in Birmingham.
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Operating theatres are known to be particularly energy intensive and one key initiative to reduce their carbon footprint is through adopting a circular economy approach, which includes the use of reusable surgical instrumentation. While this can cut costs at a time when resources are overstretched, it must not come at the cost of patient safety. In this article, Daniel Coole highlights the need for education on surgical instruments.
Tackling bad behaviour in the operating theatre
NHS rolls out ‘Martha’s Rule’ to help save lives Identifying top priorities for the NHS
41 NHS rolls out ‘Martha’s Rule’ to help save lives
This month, ‘Martha’s Rule’ is being rolled out in hospitals across England, enabling patients and families to seek an urgent review if their condition deteriorates.
45 NHS needs to do more to leverage spending power
According to a recent National Audit Office (NAO) report, the NHS is not making the most of its spending power to save money in purchasing medical equipment and consumables. It has continued to spend more than £3 billion outside NHS Supply Chain, its purpose-built procurement route.
48 Choosing sterile barrier systems: a holistic approach
As the healthcare sector faces increasing pressure to reduce its environmental impact, sterile services departments are debating the relative advantages of flexible sterile wrap versus reusable rigid containers. Choosing a sterile barrier system is a major decision and can only be made after weighing all the relevant factors. Karina Engels provides an insight into the key considerations.
51 Decontamination & Sterilisation SPECIAL
This special edition, focused on decontamination and sterilisation, aims to bring you a wealth of educational content that will add to your understanding of the many aspects of this vital sector.
Turn to p51 for more...
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Dare to defy the dogma in decontamination
Driving efficiency with robots in SSDs Best practice education in ultrasound probe decontamination
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