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The Use of Disposable Instruments
Iatrogenic
vCJD from surgical instruments
Summary: The risk is
unknown, but improved decontamination will help reduce the
risk. By the end of 2001 all Adenotonsillectomy procedures
will be performed using disposable instruments…..
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/322/7302/1558?
Single
use Disposable Equipment is Not Being Used Everywhere
Summary: Single use disposable
equipment is not being used everywhere
The Department of Health has announced funding for single
use disposable equipment for tonsillectomy operations and
lumbar punctures because of the possible risk of transmission
of the factor causing new variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease…..
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/322/7297/1307/a?
Technology
for Minimal Access Surgery
Summary: The use of disposable instruments
is particularly indicated in patients with viral infections
such as hepatitis B and C and HIV……
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7220/1304?
To
Sterilise or Dispose?
Summary: To sterilise or dispose? That
is the question 18-May-07
Most GP practices are better serviced with single-use instruments…..
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/GP/658486/sterilise-dispose-question/
Surgical
Gowns, Drapes & Coverings
Summary: The MHRA is aware of confusion
about how European standards and the Medical Devices Regulations
(MDR) apply to operating theatre textiles such as surgical
gowns and drapes.
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/home/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=266
Non
adherent dressings
Summary: This sixth article in the series
on wound dressing products examines the use of non/low-adherent
dressings, some of which are medicated, in the management
of lightly exuding wounds.
http://www.internurse.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/article.cgi?uid=9500;article=PN_9_15_22_24
Urgotul® belongs to a new class of non-adherent dressings:
the lipidocolloid dressings. It is composed of an open weave
polyester mesh impregnated with hydrocolloid polymers dispersed
within petrolatum
http://www.internurse.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/article.cgi?uid=10556;article=BJN_11_16%20Suppl_S42_S50
Wounds
and abscesses, including dressings
Summary:
The management of wounds and selection of dressings is a
complex subject, hindered in no small part by the fact that
little evidence exists for many of the general principles
of management.....
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/content/BPL_Images/.......pdf
Arc Dermantol - treatment of split-thickness skin graft
donor
Summary: A randomized single-blind controlled
study of cultured epidermal allografts in the treatment
of split-thickness skin graft donor sites
http://archderm.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/129/7/879
Healthcare
Related Sites
http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk/homepage.cfm
It's not just you who gets a check up. The Healthcare Commission
is the health watchdog in England. It’s our job to
check that healthcare services are meeting standards in
a range of areas, including safety, cleanliness and waiting
times.....
http://www.surgerydoor.co.uk/hhcg/detail1.asp?level1=Welcome
Whether you are facing a sudden health crisis, unexplained
ill-health or a recognisable minor ailment, the NHS* Home
Healthcare Guide is here to help. This electronic version
is taken directly from the original text of a booklet NHS
Home Healthcare Guide © Phase IV Communications 1998.
http://www.nhs.uk/
NHS patients in England can now choose where and when they
get hospital treatment. Patients now have the right to choose
between at least four hospitals or clinics when they need
to see a specialist for further treatment.
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/
An independent journal about evidence-based healthcare,
written by Oxford scientists
http://www.nice.org.uk/
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing
national guidance on promoting good health and preventing
and treating ill health.
NICE helps health professionals implement our guidance by
providing tools such as cost templates, audit criteria and
slide sets.
• Implementation tools
• Commissioning guides – supporting clinical
service redesign
• Optimal practice review: recommendation reminders
http://www.aodp.org/
College of Operating Department Practitioners, part of UNISON,
the UK's largest public sector trade union, took over the
Association
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/home/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=20
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
(MHRA) is the government agency which is responsible for
ensuring that medicines and medical devices work, and are
acceptably safe.
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