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Content ArticleNHS National Services Scotland has produced this video for Primary Care staff to aid safe donning, doffing and disposal of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Content ArticleThis infographic designed by Public Health England shows how to remove personal protective equipment safely.
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Content ArticleMore than six weeks into the lockdown and if you were to gauge the mood of the nation, it would be one of fatigue. It started as an all-hands-on-deck emergency situation, but it now transpires that the current work situation for healthcare professionals is not going to change any time soon. This is a marathon rather than a sprint. So how can we better look after ourselves to cope with this new realisation? This BMJ podcast features Dr Caroline Walker, an NHS-based psychiatrist and therapist. Wait until the end for Caroline's simple technique she uses to help when feeling overwhelmed.
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Content ArticleA blog in the Guardian from an anonymous care worker about the unfair treatment of care home workers, the lack of personal protective equipment available, the fear of speaking up, and the stress and anxiety the pandemic is causing.
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Content ArticleProvides guidance for both employers and staff on promoting positive mental health and supporting those experiencing mental ill health in the workplace Mental Health & Wellbeing in the Workplace is a valuable resource for those in the workplace wanting to look after their physical and mental wellbeing, and those looking for guidance in managing staff with mental health issues. 20% off for key workers! use code MWKEY
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Content ArticleInternational Council of Nurses (ICN) CEO, Howard Catton, expresses his concern for healthcare workers rising COVID-19 infections and deaths due to lack of personal protective equipment. He also speaks of the lack of data which should be collected systematically by governments to better monitor and control the spread of COVID-19 among healthcare workers.
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Hindsight 30: Wellbeing during COVID-19
Claire Cox posted an article in Good practice and useful resources
This is issue 30 of HindSight magazine (a publication about the safety of air traffic management). The theme of this Issue is ‘wellbeing’, which has an undeniable link to safe operations, though this is not often spoken about. This issue coincides with the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors of the articles were considering wellbeing in the context of aviation, and other industries. But the articles touch on topics that are deeply relevant to the pandemic. The spread of the virus and its effect on our everyday lives has brought the biological, psychological, social, environmental, and economic aspects of wellbeing into clear view in a way we have never seen before. -
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Working as a hospital cleaner during coronavirus
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Blogs
A blog published in the Metro from a London hospital cleaner on how he is trying to keep himself safe during the coronavirus. "There are always fears you're going to get coronavirus but I try not to overthink it too much". -
Content ArticleRoger Kline, Research Fellow at Middlesex University, highlights the three principles NHS organisations should take forward immediately to avoid unecessary staff deaths.
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Content ArticleThis is a guide from the British Psychological Society, for leaders and managers of healthcare services who will need to consider the wellbeing needs of all healthcare staff (clinical and non-clinical) as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak. It offers practical recommendations for how to respond at individual, management and organisational level involving the appropriate utilisation of expertise within their practitioner psychologist and mental health professionals and anticipates the psychological reactions over time, and what people may need to recovery psychologically from this.
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Content ArticleThis month’s Letter from America shares perspectives on innovation at a personal, team and organisational level in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Letter from America is the latest in a Patient Safety Learning blog series highlighting new accomplishments in patient safety from the United States.
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Content ArticlePatient Safety Learning interviews a critical care outreach nurse from America to find out the challenges frontline teams are facing during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Content ArticleCumulative stress, compassion fatigue and trauma due to experiences with patient safety incidents impact the mental wellness of our healthcare providers. These factors contribute to inadvertent patient care errors, mental health issues and attrition which compromise patient safety. A peer support programme not only simply helps healthcare workers with their experiences with patient safety incidents but also improves the system and help make patient care safe. The Creating a Safe Space: Addressing the Psychological Safety of Healthcare Workers manuscript and the Canadian Peer Support Network are intended to assist healthcare organisations create peer-to-peer support programmes (PSPs) to improve the emotional well-being of healthcare workers and allow them to provide the best and safest care to their patients.
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COVID-19 FAQs: Royal College of Nursing
Claire Cox posted an article in Good practice and useful resources
This webpage written by the Royal College of Nursing, is designed for nurses and offers answers to frequently asked questions on coronavirus and the affect it has on their working life. Find out how to protect yourself, what you should expect from your employer and what to do if you have concerns. -
Content ArticleThis guidance, from the Intensive Care Society, states that prone positioning is a simple intervention that can be done in most circumstances, is compatible with all forms of basic respiratory support and requires little or no equipment in the conscious patient. Given its potential for improving oxygenation in COVID-19 patients the authors advocate that a trial of conscious prone positioning be performed on all suitable patients on the ward. This guidance includes a flow diagram to identify when it may be beneficial to trial conscious proning.
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Medical workers’ looming mental-health crisis
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Blogs
This blog published in the Intelligencer explores the impact COVID-19 will have on frontline staffs' mental health. -
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Midwifery during COVID-19: A personal account
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I am a case loading midwife, working during the coronavirus pandemic. This is my personal account of what we are doing in my area to keep our women and ourselves safe, and the barriers we are facing.- Posted
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Content ArticleIn this blog, Patient Safety Learning considers the impact of the COVID-19 on the social care sector in the UK. This blog highlights the emerging patient safety issues the pandemic is creating in the sector and recommends some essential steps that need to be taken now to tackle some of the most urgent patient safety concerns.
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Content ArticleThis is the written transcript and the video recording of the Health and Social Care Committee meeting that took place on Friday 17 April on the topic of: Management of the Coronavirus Outbreak. Witness(es): Dr Alison Pittard, Dean, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine; Dame Donna Kinnair, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing; Professor Anthony Costello, Professor, UCL Institute for Global Health Witness(es): Matt Hancock, Secretary of State, Department for Health and Social Care; Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, Department for Health and Social Care
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ICU Remote Learning Course
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Good practice and useful resources
This course, endorsed by the Intensive Care Society, provides non-ICU clinicians with rapid, targeted and effective training to support critical care delivery for COVID-19 patients. Topics include: ICU monitoring and interpretation Physiotherapy assessment and management of ICU patients Basic good ICU care Ventilation COVID and ARDS Management Vasoactive and sedative drugs. To register, contact CIRLCrehab@brunel.ac.uk -
Content ArticleThis letter template was created by Maternity Action. It can be used by pregnant women to request a risk assessment in relation to their job and the risk of infection from COVID-19.
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Content ArticleThe National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce supports Australia’s healthcare professionals with continually updated, evidence-based clinical guidelines. This website includes: guidelines decision Flowcharts research under review.
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Content ArticleIn this anonymous blog, published by the Guardian, the author describes their experience of working in an inpatient psychaitry unit during the current cornovirus outbreak. They raise concerns over the impossibility of physical distancing, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), patients not being allowed to go out and a rise in violence and anxiety.
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Content ArticleThis article, published by the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, concludes that in order for healthcare professionals to deliver safe care they need adequate protection and training in its use. Where employers are failing to provide adequate PPE safe healthcare cannot be delivered. This poses both moral and ethical dilemmas to healthcare professionals who are patient focused, thereby creating a sense of inadequacy and undervaluation resulting in workforce stress.
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Content ArticleThis video, produced by the Tissue Viability Team at Bradford Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, helps staff understand how to prevent pressure ulcers from wearing PPE.
