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BMJ Quality and Safety ( Full-text available via NHS Athens)

Effect of text message reminders to improve paediatric immunisation rates: a randomised controlled quality improvement project
Book review: a useful handbook on quality improvement in healthcare
Do healthcare professionals work around safety standards, and should we be worried? A scoping review
Risk-adjusted observed minus expected cumulative sum (RA O-E CUSUM) chart for visualisation and monitoring of surgical outcomes
Pragmatic randomised trial assessing the impact of peer comparison and therapeutic recommendations, including repetition, on antibiotic prescribing patterns of family physicians across British Columbia for uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections
Improving the maternity experience for Black, African, Caribbean and mixed-Black families in an integrated care system: a multigroup community and interprofessional co-production prioritisation exercise using nominal group technique
Increasing vaccine uptake in underserved populations using text message interventions: considerations and recommendations
Using data science to improve patient care: rethinking clinician responsibility
Co-production in maternal health services: creating culturally safe spaces, respecting difference and supporting collaborative solutions
Audit and feedback to improve antibiotic prescribing in primary care--the time is now

Journal of Patient Safety & Infection Control 

Effective Implementation of Entrustable Professional Activities in Medical Colleges: Faculty Perspective.
Dual Heterotropic Tissue Associated with a Type IV A Choledochal Cyst: A Rare Case Report.
Surgical Management of Popliteal Cyst in Pediatric Age Group: A Series of Ten Cases.
Cholesterol Crystals – A Beautiful Incidental Finding in Pleural Fluid.
Unmasking the Face of a Rare Disease – Progressive Nodular Histiocytosis.
Young Consumer's Awareness on Food Packet Labeling in Rural Tamil Nadu – A Convergent Mixed Methods Study.
Impact of Home Stimulation on the Motor Development of Malnourished Toddlers: A Cross-sectional Study.
Comparative Evaluation of a Leadership Skills Module among Male and Female Junior MBBS Students in a West Bengal Medical College.
Awareness and Practices about Using Food Labeling among Adolescents in the City of Vijayapura, Karnataka.
Identification of Porphyromonas gingivalis in Periodontally Healthy Adults and Chronic Periodontitis Patients Using Polymerase Chain Reaction.

Patient Safety

Wrong Drug Events Across Pennsylvania Healthcare Facilities: A Systematic Analysis of Medication Pairs, Class Patterns, and Clinical Safety Implications
Patient Safety Trends in 2024: An Analysis of 315,418 Serious Events and Incidents From the Nation’s Largest Event Reporting Database
Long-Term Care Healthcare-Associated Infections in 2024: An Analysis of 26,501 Reports
Tackling Throughput With a Novel Care Team Rounding Model
Strategies for Mitigating Dofetilide-Induced Ventricular Arrhythmias
ENFit Transition for Enteral Management in an Acute Care Setting
Enhancing Patient Safety Surrounding Colonoscopy Procedures
Online Supplement to “High Early Mortality in Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection: A Call for Action”
High Early Mortality in Patients With _Staphylococcus aureus_ Bloodstream Infection: A Call for Action
Blog Post: In case you missed them...

Pressure Ulcers (Full-text available via NHS Athens)

Safety and tolerability of kinesiotaping as add-on treatment of pressure injuries
Comparison of 3M Reston™ Self-Adhesive Foam Pad and 3M Microfoam™ Surgical Tape in Preventing Nasal Pressure Injuries Associated With Nasotracheal Intubation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The ability of three pressure-ulcer prevention support-surfaces to maintain physiological transcutaneous gas tensions in the seated patient
A national cross-sectional study on the knowledge and attitude of nurses towards prevention of pressure injury and their relationship with its prevalence
Nutritional and biochemical insights into multiple pressure ulcer management: a case report
Reducing the incidence of stage II or higher pressure injuries in patients undergoing prone positioning in the intensive care unit: A pre- post-intervention study
Successful Treatment of Sacral Pressure Injury With ACU-D1
Obesity in intensive care
Impact of age in the healing time in myocutaneous and perforator flaps for pelvic pressure ulcers in patients with spinal cord injury
An enhanced harmonic densely connected hybrid transformer network architecture for chronic wound segmentation utilising multi-colour space tensor merging

Root Cause Analysis 

Geographic Variability in the Management of Anterior Glenohumeral Instability: A Binational Analysis
How Were Patient Safety Incidents Responded to, Investigated, and Learned From Within the English National Health Service Before the Implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework? A Rapid Review
Optimizing tissue adequacy for next-generation sequencing in small biopsies and fine-needle aspirations for nonsmall cell lung cancer: a root cause analysis and proposed solutions
Increasing a hospital-based violence intervention program's referrals for children and families in a pediatric emergency department
Validation and use of the dead-end ultrafiltration method for the capture and recovery of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from surface water
A root cause analysis of community-acquired pressure injuries in persons with spinal cord injuries
Understanding How Hospital Nurses Address Operational Failures That Impact Patients: An Exploratory Study of Problem-Solving Behaviors
Improving Patient Care through a Standardized Laboratory-Clinician Communication Quality Improvement Project: Experiential Learning for Resident Physicians
CoCare-CI: A Clinical Innovation to Address Behavioral Symptoms in Hospitalized Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment
Research Progress in Current and Emerging Issues of PFASs' Global Impact: Long-Term Health Effects and Governance of Food Systems

See also Infection Control Update 

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BBC News- Health

'Frustration is a huge part of my life with ADHD'
Henry has ADHD and struggles with everyday tasks and remembering appointments.
New hope for patients with breast cancer gene
Treating patients with a drug before surgery greatly reduced the chances of the cancer coming back, a small trial found.
Charity boss slams 'reprehensible' health trusts
NHS trusts "try to stop" coroners issuing Prevention of Future Death reports, an inquiry hears.
Child obesity clinics seeing BMIs over 50
Many are from the most deprived areas, and a significant number are neurodivergent or have other health conditions, a study says.
Care providers say overseas worker crackdown 'short-sighted'
Many care workers say it is a rewarding job, so the task is how to get more people in the UK to apply.

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