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Please review these updated Guidelines for in Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
They will help you understand why your hospital Governance has processes in place and are measuring them

In Hospital Cardiac Arrest A Scientific Statement on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Committee…

Hold the line As an infectious disease epidemiologist, I feel morally obligated to provide information on what we are seeing from transmission dynamics.

All hospital deaths reviewed by the NSW state coroner since 2012 had one or more of the following issues highlighted in court.

1. Vital signs not taken/not taken according to policy
2. Abnormal vital signs ignored or not escalated as per policy
3. Family/Patient concerns downplayed

Remember to take observations, escalate care and tell patients and their relatives how they can pass on concerns to staff.

Please take the time to read the ANZCA alert in regards these oral hypoglycaemics related to the perioperative
http://www.anzca.edu.au/documents/alert-dka-and-oral-hypoglycaemics-20180215.pdf

www.anzca.edu.au

Here is a video shared on the Australian Comission on Quality and Safety in Care’s web site in one of their training modules for the National Standards 2nd edition - relating to the issue of My Health record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG1Yi1w2SRo

Role of digital health in supporting co-ordinated care The Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) has collaborated with local health care providers to develop a video highlighting the potential of digital he...

Here is link to the legislation related to My Health Record and Privacy.
Please take time to have a look as a health professional and be informed

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016L00095

My Health Records Rule 2016 F2016L00095

For those nurses working in procedural areas please take time to open the link below in regards to the use of alcoholic chlorhexidine
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d98da410749d1ef6840563192/files/0432b5fc-1761-4cd2-a775-a4208dfbc246/ANZCA_and_Commission_joint_statement_on_Chlorhexidine_Jan_2018.pdf

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Here is a link to the second edition of the National Quality Health Service Standards

https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/National-Safety-and-Quality-Health-Service-Standards-second-edition.pdft

www.safetyandquality.gov.au

http://www.healthcareit.com.au/article/electronic-medical-record-blamed-death-41-year-old-wa-man

Electronic medical record blamed in death of 41-year-old WA man Over-reliance on the electronic medical record at Perth’s Fiona Stanley Hospital has been blamed in the death of a 41-year-old man from a serious adverse drug reaction, the West Australian Coroner has found. Jared Olsen died on 5 March 2015, weeks after being prescribed an immunosuppressant medicati...

http://www.mdedge.com/amjorthopedics/article/100601/musculoskeletal-disorders/role-vitamin-c-orthopedic-trauma-and-bone

The Role of Vitamin C in Orthopedic Trauma and Bone Health Vitamin C is an essential micronutrient with an adult daily recommended intake of 75 mg for women and 90 mg for men.

Useful App for students to practice use of AED