Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals told to improve team work

Prioritise older people competencies, hospitals told.

Ten organisations are calling on hospitals to demonstrate that they are prioritising the competence and training of staff working with older people.

Hospitals turning to team-based conflict resolution.

The defenseless tracheal conduit: can a team work together to improve airway protection?

Patients who become intubated are some of the most vulnerable and defenseless that we care for in the hospital. They rely on processes that are standard practices to protect them from lower-airway contamination. Colonization of the tracheobronchial tree with microorganisms almost always follows tracheal intubation.1 Tracheal intubation affects the cough reflex, compromises mucociliary clearance...

Undiagnosed Breech in Banbury: A Study of Undiagnosed Breech at a District Hospital Maternity in Banbury, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Breech presentation is defined as when the buttock of the fetus occupies the lower uterine segment (or the pelvis) and the head occupies the fundus, when the fetal lie is longitudinal. It is the commonest form of mal-presentation of the fetus [1]. Undiagnosed breech occurs when breech is not diagnosed during the antenatal period. About 40% of babies are breech at 20 weeks gestation, 20% at 28 w...

Community contributions to a FHU team work.

Considering the importance of people participating in the construction of new health models, this study aimed to characterize and analyze contributions brought by community to health actions carried out in a Family Health Unit. It is a documentary analysis based on the records of 24 monthly meetings between the team and community. After reading the records, subject was divided into four themes:...