Abstract
Checklists are not a new phenomenon and have been used in the aviation industry for some time as a means of ensuring safety and minimising harm. Checklists are now used commonly in health care to improve patient safety. This article describes the development and integration of a daily review checklist process to support the care and management of patients with Clostridium difficile infection in one NHS trust hospital. The aim of the checklist is to assist staff in early recognition of disease severity, identification of potential complications and prevention of cross-transmission of C.difficile.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 37-43 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 33 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
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Managing Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalised patients. / Denton, Andrea; Topping, Annie; Humphreys, Paul.
In: Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987), Vol. 28, No. 33, 2014, p. 37-43.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalised patients.
AU - Denton, Andrea
AU - Topping, Annie
AU - Humphreys, Paul
PY - 2014
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N2 - Checklists are not a new phenomenon and have been used in the aviation industry for some time as a means of ensuring safety and minimising harm. Checklists are now used commonly in health care to improve patient safety. This article describes the development and integration of a daily review checklist process to support the care and management of patients with Clostridium difficile infection in one NHS trust hospital. The aim of the checklist is to assist staff in early recognition of disease severity, identification of potential complications and prevention of cross-transmission of C.difficile.
AB - Checklists are not a new phenomenon and have been used in the aviation industry for some time as a means of ensuring safety and minimising harm. Checklists are now used commonly in health care to improve patient safety. This article describes the development and integration of a daily review checklist process to support the care and management of patients with Clostridium difficile infection in one NHS trust hospital. The aim of the checklist is to assist staff in early recognition of disease severity, identification of potential complications and prevention of cross-transmission of C.difficile.
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DO - 10.7748/ns2014.04.28.33.37.e8461
M3 - Review article
VL - 28
SP - 37
EP - 43
JO - Nursing standard : official newspaper of the Royal College of Nursing
JF - Nursing standard : official newspaper of the Royal College of Nursing
SN - 0029-6570
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