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Standards for contingency management and delivery of critical care in recovery and post anaesthetic care
These standards are available to help practitioners and managers to support the delivery of critical care during bed crises, flu outbreaks and other occasions when critical care facilities require overspill.
Everyone should feel free to add any comments to that, especially those who have trade union or safety rep. perspectives
Please email any Forum Committee Member with your comments
The document can be linked from this URL:
http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/351784/003842.pdf
Patient Safety
An extract from the UK Resuscitation Guidelines for 2010 focuses on prevention of cardiac arrest in in-patients, since this is the Deterioration Programme's key outcome goal. This is a set of philosophical questions, which seeks to generate discussion and action.
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Make a difference on the RCN Perioperative Forum
Published: 04 April 2012
Make a difference on the RCN Perioperative Forum
Join the forum steering committee
Published: 15 July 2011
We have one vacancy on the Perioperative Forum Steering Committee this year. The forum welcomes applications for this voluntary post from members across the UK to help us shape policy and develop practice.
MHRA publishes alert on endometrial ablation
Published: 25 January 2010
he Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has issued a medical device alert concerning all devices used for endometrial ablation following reports of uterine wall injury caused by the procedure.
Don’t miss out!
Published: 07 October 2009
From October 2009 all RCN forum newsletters are going to be emailed to members rather than posted. The content of your newsletter from the world of perioperative and surgical nursing will be just as good if not better as we will be able to include additional information and link directly to useful resources.
Meet David Cardwell RODP
Published: 07 October 2009
I am a band five Operating Department Practitioner based in Weston super Mare, North Somerset.
Your forum needs link members – are you up for it?
Published: 07 October 2009
TRACEY RADCLIFFE, a forum committee member, explains why you should consider taking up a very important role as a grassroots activist.
MHRA modules on safe use of medical devices
Published: 07 October 2009
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is a government body which is responsible for ensuring medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.
WHO surgical safety checklist adapted for use in England and Wales
Published: 12 February 2009
WHO surgical safety checklist adapted for use in England and Wales
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MHRA Medical Device Alert: X-Ray Detectable swabs
If you use X-Ray detectable swabs in your department you should check the alert that can be accessed through the link below:
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Publications/Safetywarnings/MedicalDeviceAlerts/CON062975