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  1. Years ago I remember never being allowed a drink at the desk.  It was against infection control is what I was told.  
     

    however I do remember breaking the rules and then promptly spilling the drink across the keyboard   🤦🏼‍♀️
     

    As an outreach nurse , we are travellers around the hospital.  I know where all the water stations are in each department - the trouble is that there are sometimes a lack of cups.  Disposable cups are not environmentally friendly , however if you are a HCP that moves around wards you can’t always take a bottle with you - especially if you are running to an emergency.  
     

    If you are based on the wards , the culture where I work is that you are able to have a bottle at the desk.  
     

    working on COVID wards , regular breaks were taken as hydration was much more focussed on than ever before. 
     

    Not sure who controls the heating in all hospitals, but turning that off in the summer would help!!

  2. Oh Alice,

    I bet you feel scared stiff.  I know there are many women on this forum who may be able to offer some words of advice/comfort to you.  

    @Katharine Tylko

    I am glad you have found our site as this will put you in touch with women around the UK who understand your anxieties and are battling for a safer hysteroscopy.

  3. 3 hours ago, Alice said:

    I have an outpatient appointment next week. I am terrified! I know my body and know from previous experience (smear tests etc) that the hysteroscopy is going to be impossible for me without a GA. Apart from saying I may have this procedure next week I have received no further information. I asked my GP to make sure in the referral that I would need some form of anaesthesia. I called the Consultants Secretary this morning to try to find out more and explain my situation. She simply said to discuss it with the Dr when I was there next week. I am quite frankly beside myself. I will go next week, but I am not going to be pushed into having this procedure - (which I know I must have, and want to have) without a GA, or some form of anaesthesia other than a LA. The delay for another appointment in Covid times will just prolong my agony. My poor husband is so sad for me.

     

     

  4. Hi ,

    I am new to patient safety management, after 25 years working clinically it has been a learning curve.  

    I have seen RCA reports, some poor reports that need to be re written and many good ones too.  This takes up a huge amount of time by many different people of differing roles.  Co-ordinating meeting, feedback and discussion can take time and hold up actions for dissemination.

    There is much effort put into severe and moderate harm, internal RCAs where it is not a serious incident but it doesn't warrant a serious incident investigation.

    However,  the very low/no harm incidents don't get much of a look in (there are tonnes of them!)  If you take a look at the 'accident triangle ' (which I am sure you will be aware of ) - near misses and no harm happen the most frequent and may often lead to the more serious incidents if left.  I would suggest much more emphasis, effort needs to be directed into the no harm/near miss incidents.  They may seem petty and not sexy, like an SI - but they are great indicators of when the next SI may appear.

    An over sight of all no/low harm incidents with thematic problems highlighted and then fed into either a local (ward, department) or Trust wide QI project would be a fantastic way of changing practice from the 'ground up'.

    Capability of ALL staff trained in QI is happening in Trusts but not all Trusts.  It would be a fabulous question for the CQC lines of enquiry 'how many staff are trained in QI?'  This can be linked to well led and safety, but thats a whole other subject!

    As I mentioned, I am new to this role, but these are my observations so far.

     

    Claire

  5. Amazing thank you kirsty!

    Cake is always a good way of getting staff engaged !   

    Interesting you talk about a sticker you put in the notes?  Do you have an electronic observation system?  We have, this is about a year old for us.  We are considering doing all the escalation documentation on there now, that way we can audit more easily.

    Great pictures too!!

     

  6. Barking,Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has created a template for creating stickers to display name, role and photo over PPE. Roles are colour coordinated to aid recognition of different team members.


    This information is sourced by by the Speech & Language Therapy team at Barking,
    Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

     

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qQZd9aMXaCoFPaBa0R3WQhxUDe0vQhKL/view

  7. Do you have a poster that you have produced that supports patient and staff safety? 

    Want to share it with the wider community? 

    Why not upload it to the hub?  We would LOVE to see it.

    Its easy... here's how:

    • Please email your posters to info@pslhub.org as either a pdf, jpg, gif, png or ppt file (file size limit 10Mb).
    • Alternatively, if your poster is already on a website, please email the url of the poster to us. 
    • Along with your poster, please provide a brief summary of what your poster is presenting (no more than 150 words).

    Posters should be relevant to anyone with an interest in improving patient safety, and meet at least one of the following hub content criteria:

    • Evidence-based: either through evidence of an experience, practical application, analysis of data, or measured success or failure
    • Create a learning opportunity
    • Look at the systemic issues and solutions related to patient safety.

    Looking forward to seeing and sharing them.

    Claire

  8. Medical professionals working in critical care do a lot of research to help improve outcomes for both patients and relatives. In recent years patient and public involvement in health care has become much more common and this extends into the area of research as well.

    Can you help?

    If you've been involved with intensive care, either as a patient or a relative, you may be able to help.

    Sign up to the ICU Steps patient and relative research volunteers list using the form below. 

    What's involved?

    It depends entirely on what we're asked to help with as to what's involved. Work involved with recent research we've been contacted about with has ranged from: attending meetings with researchers, filling in online questionnaires and being asked to give opinions on the topics which mattered most to patients and relatives.

    The work undertaken by researchers is crucial in improving the care given to others going through a period of critical illness and your own experiences can help. By contacting us, you're under no obligation to help with anything you'd rather not and you're free to ask us to remove you from our list of contacts at any time.

    Your help is important and greatly appreciated.

     

    Click the link to access the form

    https://icusteps.org/research

     

     

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