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THE CLINICAL SERVICES JOURNAL Inside this issue 33 Exchanging knowledge on infection prevention 5 Editor’s Comment No mood for a party: the NHS at 75 years old
6 Cover Story - Selecting the right sonic for your CSSD
Andreia Messias, international marketing manager at STERIS, provides an insight into ultrasonic cleaning and how to select the right sonic solution to ensure the optimum results.
9 News 15 Regulation of advanced practice in nursing
Kate Woodhead RGN DMS discusses advanced nursing practice and the possibilities around future regulation, in light of proposals by the NMC.
19 Racism in the NHS: how far have we come?
In this article, Joshua Correia interviews different generations of healthcare professionals to gain an insight into the experiences of racism and discrimination in the NHS. He considers: how far have we come in tackling the issues and what support is available today?
24 Upscaling sustainability: nurse leadership key
A new ‘Green Healthcare Leadership Programme’ is driving change across the independent healthcare sector and beyond, by helping nurses to build the skills and confidence they need to deliver sustainable transformation. Louise Frampton reports.
30 Rapid POC testing for virus management
Mr. Yusuf Gray, from the University Hospitals Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust, talks about Royal Derby Hospital’s robust point of care testing in its virus management programme, and how implementing year-round RSV testing last year resulted in the discovery of an unexpected summer surge in cases.
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The Central Sterilisation Club’s Annual Scientific Meeting brought together leading experts to discuss how the decontamination sector can improve patient safety, increase efficiency, and meet the demand for additional capacity. But what can we learn from low resource settings and what can low resource settings learn from us?
THE CLINICAL SERVICES JOURNAL 39 Addressing human factors in decontamination
Racism in the NHS: how far have we come?
Upscaling sustainability: nurse leadership key Addressing human factors in decontamination
45 Prevention best way to reduce NHS demand
Growing pressure on NHS services could be eased if the new mindset and new skillset of health coaching was more widely adopted across patient care. Can health coaching reduce primary care pressure and improve patient outcomes?
49 Insulin administration: delivery device safety
Paul Lindsell, managing director, MindMetre Research looks at the latest evidence on the safety of delivery devices used for the administration of insulin. He highlights some concerning findings around insulin pooling and misdosage incidents, following the use of passive devices.
53 Wound care in the wake of the pandemic
Bernard Ross reports on a survey of experts and patients which sought views on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the delivery of tissue viability care. The survey also looked at the causes of non-adherence to treatments, the role of telemedicine and innovation, the emotional impact of living with unhealed leg venous ulcers, and the current state of wound care resources.
57 Improving detection rates in colposcopy
Amanda Caley provides an insight into the evidence to support the use of technology that could improve detection rates in colposcopy – including the results of an independent study, carried out at East Lancashire Hospitals.
60 Reducing risk of HCAIs when managing human waste
Invalidated, unsafe, and high contact disposal systems for managing human waste, put patients, healthcare staff, and hospital visitors at an increased risk of infection, warns industry experts. Tackling human factors is vital to improving safety.
Tim Sandle discusses how human factors approaches can assist with improving performance by lowering variability in the decontamination of medical devices – thereby reducing rates of contamination and improving patient safety.
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