Theatre (TPOT)/Day Surgery
The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand's health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand's health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
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Fulfilling the potential: A better journey for patients and a better deal for the NHS (England)
posted by Research Admin on 8 May 2012
In just two years, from May 2009, enhanced recovery pathways have been established in the vast majority of NHS hospitals...
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Periperative Nurses College Annual National Conference
posted by Research Admin on 1 Feb 2012
The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Coolest Little Capital in the World’ - Culture. Communication. Challenges. The conference will...
International Literature
Reduction in hospital reattendance due to improved preoperative patient education following hemorrhoidectomy (UK)
posted by Research Admin on 10 May 2012
This retrospective, comparative study in the UK investigated the impact of improving patient information in the setting of day-case hemorrhoidectomy...
International Literature
Using YouTube in perioperative nursing education (USA)
posted by Research Admin on 3 Apr 2012
Educators today need innovative teaching strategies to meet the learning needs of the multigenerational population of perioperative nurses. Emerging technologies,...
International Literature
Patients count on it: An initiative to reduce incorrect counts and prevent retained surgical items (USA)
posted by Research Admin on 28 Dec 2011
Describes a quality improvement initiative at a pediatric teaching hospital in the U.S. to reduce or eliminate incorrect counts and...
Literature Abstract
Evaluation of the Physician Assistant Trial: Final report
posted by Research Admin on 11 May 2012
Published 2012. Author: Siggins Miller.
Siggins Miller
Literature Abstract
Modular acute system for general surgery: Hand over the operation, not the patient
posted by Research Admin on 13 Feb 2012
Published 2012. Authors: Garth H. Poole, Tamara Glyn, Sanket Srinivasa, Andrew G. Hill.
ANZ Journal of Surgery, 19 January [Epub before print]
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- Delivering major breast surgery safely (excluding reconstruction) as a day case or one night stay (England)
- Management of early colorectal cancer
- The Productive Operating Theatre Programme (TPOT): Improving quality and efficiency in the Operating Theatre- A lifeline for financial leaders?
- The Productive Operating Theatre Programme (TPOT): The Modules overview
- The Productive Operating Theatre Programme: Team Formation
Literature Abstracts
- Evaluation of the Physician Assistant Trial: Final report
- Modular acute system for general surgery: Hand over the operation, not the patient
- Prosthetic hip dislocations: Is relocation in the emergency department by emergency medicine staff better?
- Compliance and quality in administration of a Surgical Safety Checklist in a tertiary New Zealand hospital
- Effects of fatigue on surgeon performance and surgical outcomes: A systematic review
International Literature
- Reduction in hospital reattendance due to improved preoperative patient education following hemorrhoidectomy (UK)
- Fulfilling the potential: A better journey for patients and a better deal for the NHS (England)
- Surgical services: Shaping future directions (Australia)
- Using YouTube in perioperative nursing education (USA)
- Barriers to staff adoption of a surgical safety checklist (France)