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Reports

HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND, 2019.  Quality of care approach: testing exercises learning report. HIS, March, 2019. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH, 2019. Staffing on wards - making decisions about healthcare staffing.  NIHR.

NHS IMPROVEMENT, 2019.  Implementing huddles and handovers — a framework for practice in maternity units.  NHS Improvement, March 2019.

Articles

Infection Control / Patient Experience and Engagement / Patient Safety / Primary Care / Quality Assessment and Improvement / Resource Effectiveness / Service Design, Evaluation and Improvement / Staff Roles, Skills, Effectiveness and Practice

Infection Control

FITZPATRICK, F., et al, 2019. Food for thought. Malnutrition risk associated with increased risk of healthcare-associated infection. Journal of Hospital Infection, 101(3), pp. 300-304.

MACKENZIE, M. and PILBERY, R., 2019. The impact of an ambulance vehicle preparation service on the presence of bacteria: a service evaluation. British Paramedic Journal, 3(4), pp. 27-31.

OTTER, J.A., et al, 2019. Planning to halve Gram-negative bloodstream infection: getting to grips with healthcare-associated Escherichia coli bloodstream infection sources. Journal of Hospital Infection, 101(2), pp. 129-133.

PALMER, S. and DIXON, R., 2019. Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections through best practice: Sherwood Forest Hospitals' experience. British Journal of Nursing, 28(1), pp. 11-15.

PATEL, S., et al, 2019. Risk factors for surgical site infections in neurosurgery. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 101(3), pp. 220-225.

THOMAS, C., 2019. Intrinsic and extrinsic sources and prevention of infection (in surgery). Surgery (United Kingdom), 37(1), pp. 26-32.

YOUNGS, J., et al, 2019. Implementation of influenza point-of-care testing and patient cohorting during a high-incidence season: a retrospective analysis of impact on infection prevention and control and clinical outcomes. Journal of Hospital Infection, 101(3), pp. 276-284.

Patient Experience and Engagement

SHEARD, L., et al, 2019. What's the problem with patient experience feedback? A macro and micro understanding, based on findings from a three‐site UK qualitative study. Health Expectations, 22(1), pp. 46-53.

SWEITY, S., et al, 2019. SleepSure: a pilot randomized-controlled trial to assess the effects of eye masks and earplugs on the quality of sleep for patients in hospital. Clinical rehabilitation, 33(2), pp. 253-261.

Patient Safety

ARIYANAYAGAM, T., et al, 2019. UK national audit of safety checks for radiology interventions. British Journal of Radiology, 92(1094), pp. 20180637.

COLEMAN, J.J., 2019. Prescribing in 2019: what are the safety concerns? Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 18(2), pp. 69-74.

ENGELHARDT, T., et al, 2019. Incidence of severe critical events in paediatric anaesthesia in the United Kingdom: secondary analysis of the anaesthesia practice in children observational trial (APRICOT study). Anaesthesia, 74(3), pp. 300-311.

GUERRERO, M.A., 2019. National evaluation of safety peripheral intravenous catheters in a clinician-led project. British Journal of Nursing, 28(2), pp. S29-S32.

LIBERATI EG. TARRANT C. WILLARS J., 2019. How to be a very safe maternity unit: An ethnographic study. Social Science and Medicine,

LOUCH, G., et al, 2019. "Change is what can actually make the tough times better": A patient‐centred patient safety intervention delivered in collaboration with hospital volunteers. Health Expectations, 22(1), pp. 102-113.

MCGARRY, J., 2019. 'Hiding in plain sight': Exploring the complexity of sexual safety within an acute mental health setting. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 28(1), pp. 171-180.

MOHAMMED, M.A., et al, 2019. The inclusion of delirium in version 2 of the National Early Warning Score will substantially increase the alerts for escalating levels of care: findings from a retrospective database study of emergency medical admissions in two hospitals. Clinical Medicine, 19(2), pp. 104-108.

RAVINDRAN S., et al, 2019. Improving safety and reducing error in endoscopy: Simulation training in human factors. Frontline Gastroenterology, 10(2), pp. 160-166.

RISK INVESTIGATORS, 2019. Risk prediction for acute kidney injury in acute medical admissions in the UK. Qjm, 112(3), pp. 197-205.

SHEPHERD, A.B., 2019. To prescribe or not to prescribe: enhancing safety in remote prescribing. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 1(3), pp. 139-144.

SMITH, A.F. and PLUNKETT, E., 2019. People, systems and safety: resilience and excellence in healthcare practice. Anaesthesia, 74(4), pp. 508-517.

Primary Care

COLLINS, D., 2019. Assessing the effectiveness of advanced nurse practitioners undertaking home visits in an out of hours urgent primary care service in England. Journal of nursing management, 27(2), pp. 450-458.

ROBERTSON, H.M.A. and MCHARDY, K., 2019. Grampian Diabetes Practice Outreach Programme: a regionwide approach for supporting patients locally and up‐skilling the primary care team. Practical Diabetes, 36(1), pp. 10-14.

WALLEY, P., et al, 2019. Failure demand: a concept evaluation in UK primary care. International J Health Care QA, 32(1), pp. 21-33.

Quality Assessment and Improvement 

BROOKE, J. and SEMLYEN, J., 2019. Exploring the impact of dementia-friendly ward environments on the provision of care: A qualitative thematic analysis. Dementia (14713012), 18(2), pp. 685-700.

JONES, L., et al, 2019. Explaining organisational responses to a board-level quality improvement intervention: findings from an evaluation in six providers in the English National Health Service. BMJ Quality & Safety, 28(3), pp. 198-204.

SALMAN, A. and DOHERTY, P., 2019. To what extent is the variation in cardiac rehabilitation quality associated with patient characteristics?. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), pp. 3.

SATURNO-HERNANDEZ PJ. MARTINEZ-NICOLAS I. MORENO-ZEGBE E., 2019. Indicators for monitoring maternal and neonatal quality care: a systematic review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

VINDROLA-PADROS, C., et al, 2019. Addressing the challenges of knowledge co-production in quality improvement: learning from the implementation of the researcher-in-residence model. BMJ Quality & Safety, 28(1), pp. 67-73.

Resource Effectiveness 

NEVES J.B., et al, 2019. Performance and cost of a renal cancer specialist multidisciplinary team meeting: Results from 1500 discussions. Journal of Clinical Urology. 

Service Design, Evaluation and Improvement

ABBASI, H. and LEACH, J.P., 2019. Refractory status epilepticus in adults admitted to ITU in Glasgow 1995-2013 a longitudinal audit highlighting the need for action for provoked and unprovoked status epilepticus. Seizure, 65, pp. 138-143.

DOUGLAS, C.M., et al, 2019. Outcomes of urgent suspicion of head and neck cancer referrals in Glasgow. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 101(2), pp. 103-106.

GLOVER, G., et al, 2019. An observational study of the use of acute hospital care by people with intellectual disabilities in England. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 63(2), pp. 85-99.

GOULDEN, R., et al, 2019. The weekend effect in status epilepticus: a national cohort study. Anaesthesia, 74(4), pp. 468-472.

KERN C., et al, 2019. Clinical Outcomes of a Hospital-Based Teleophthalmology Service: What Happens to Patients in a Virtual Clinic?. Ophthalmology Retina.

MCKENZIE, K., et al, 2019. Service provision in Scotland for people with an intellectual disability and dementia: adherence to good practice guidelines. Learning Disability Practice, 22(2), pp. 26-33.

MORRIS, P., 2019. Responding to disruptions in the pharmaceutical supply chain. Clinical Pharmacist, 11(2).

TRETHEWEY, S.P., et al, 2019. Evaluation of the Psychiatric Decisions Unit (PDU): effect on emergency department presentations and psychiatric inpatient admissions. Postgraduate medical journal, 95(1119), pp. 6-11.

TSOPRA, R., et al, 2019. Level of accuracy of diagnoses recorded in discharge summaries: A cohort study in three respiratory wards. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 25(1), pp. 36-43.

WALTON, T.J., et al, 2019. Does a dedicated hip fracture unit improve clinical outcomes? A five-year case series. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 101(3), pp. 215-519.

Staff Roles, Skills, Effectiveness and Practice

ANNOH, R., et al, 2019. Accuracy of detection of patients with narrow angles by community optometrists in Scotland. Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics, 39(2), pp. 104-112.

BAILLIE, L. and THOMAS, N., 2019. Changing from 12‐hr to 8‐hr day shifts: A qualitative exploration of effects on organising nursing care and staffing. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(1), pp. 148-158.

BAJOREK, Z. and GUEST, D., 2019. The impact of temporary staff on permanent staff in accident and emergency departments. Jrnl of Org Effectiveness, 6(1), pp. 2-18.

DARBYSHIRE, P. and ION, R., 2019. The Gosport War Memorial Hospital Panel report and its implications for nursing. Journal of advanced nursing, 75(2), pp. 258-263.

MANNION, R., et al, 2019. Healthcare scandals and the failings of doctors: Do official inquiries hold the profession to account? J of Health Org and Mgt,

MENNIM, D. and MOEN, C., 2019. Evaluation of matron ward rounds to enhance patient experience and improve staff morale. Nursing Management - UK, 26(1), pp. 22-25.

SEVENOAKS, H., et al, 2019. Shift working reduces operative experience for trauma and orthopaedic higher surgical trainees: a UK multicentre study. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 101(3), pp. 197-202.

THOMPSON, A., et al, 2019. Nonmedical prescriber experiences of training and competence to report adverse drug reactions in the UK. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy & Therapeutics, 44(1), pp. 78-83.

TVEIT, B. and RAUSTØL, A., 2019. Lack of compassion or poor discretion? Ways of addressing malpractice. Nursing ethics, 26(2), pp. 471-479.

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Databases: Medline, Embase, CINAHL, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Emerald, AMED, MIDIRS;  Websites: Healthcare Improvement Scotland, NHS Scotland, Department of Health;  Alerts: The King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy; Journals: International Journal of Health Governance, Patient Safety in Surgery.