Hepatitis B—are surgeons putting patients at risk?

Sharing Insulin Pens: Are You Putting Patients at Risk?

E ase of administration, accuracy, and convenience are among the hallmark characteristics of insulin pens. These devices, which have gained popularity over the past 10 years, are designed to be used multiple times for a single person, using a new needle for each injection. Unfortunately, reports of themisuse of insulin pens also have been growing. Backflow of blood and other biologic material i...

Adult tonsillectomy--are long waiting lists putting patients at risk?

There is a paucity of data on morbidity associated with long waiting lists for adult tonsillectomy. The aim of this study was to assess the morbidity associated with long waiting lists for adult tonsillectomy in a developing world setting. Of 350 patients on the waiting list at Groote Schuur Hospital for 18 months or more, only 55 were contactable. This low yield (15.7%) from the telephonic sur...

Hepatitis E: are rheumatic patients at risk?

3. Information on permissions/orders of reprints in rheumatology and related fields. Silverman featuring research articles on clinical subjects from scientists working is a monthly international serial edited by Earl D.

Putting Patients at the Center of Care.

After Bristol: putting patients at the centre.

The public inquiry into failures in the performance of surgeons involved in heart surgery on children at the Bristol Royal Infirmary between 1984 and 1995 made 198 recommendations on how to prevent failures in the future. The pre-eminent recommendations urged doctors to: • Involve patients (or their parents) in decisions • Keep patients (or parents) informed • Improve communication with patient...