530 An Audit of Appropriate Documentation Following Urethral Catheterisation

Urethral Catheterisation for the Male

Clinical documentation manual audit

Introduction Preliminary audit studies in HA (Hospital Authority) hospitals have shown that diagnosis and procedure data reported in the electronic records were very accurate. However, appropriateness is as important as accuracy in clinical documentation. With the introduction of internal resource allocation based on Casemix Pay for Performance (P4P), the relevance of clinical documentation bec...

Audit of Orthopaedic Surgical Documentation

Introduction. The Royal College of Surgeons in England published guidelines in 2008 outlining the information that should be documented at each surgery. St. James's Hospital uses a standard operation sheet for all surgical procedures and these were examined to assess documentation standards. Objectives. To retrospectively audit the hand written orthopaedic operative notes according to establish...

National audit of appropriate imaging.

AIMS To audit the availability of imaging referral guidelines; vetting by radiologists of GP-initiated CT and MRI requests; and the achievement of appropriate imaging using retrospective assessment as a surrogate. MATERIALS AND METHODS A web-based questionnaire was distributed to imaging departments in the UK seeking awareness of guideline availability; the percentage of consecutive general p...

Randomised study of sterile versus non-sterile urethral catheterisation.

Indwelling urethral catheters are the most common cause of urinary tract infections (UTI), yet there is no direct evidence that technique of catheter insertion affects this. In a prospective study, 156 patients underwent preoperative urethral catheterisation, randomly allocated to 'sterile' or 'clean/non-sterile' technique groups. There was no statistical difference between the two groups with ...