AIM To assess the effectiveness of clinical audit in improving standards in histopathological reporting of mastectomy specimens. METHODS Reports on mastectomy specimens containing tumour issued by non-specialist histopathologists in 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1996 were scored for their information content. There were 10 reports evaluated from each year. Before 1990 no reporting guidelines had been...

Aim—To assess the eVectiveness of clinical audit in improving standards in histopathological reporting of mastectomy specimens. Methods—Reports on mastectomy specimens containing tumour issued by nonspecialist histopathologists in 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1996 were scored for their information content. There were 10 reports evaluated from each year. Before 1990 no reporting guidelines had been for...

background although in many countries child abuse reporting is mandated, iranian nurses report abused cases voluntary. some of the cases are reported to the police and others are referred to welfare organizations or other non-governmental organizations. absence of a uniform reporting system along with a lack of legal support in the specific cultural context of iran has resulted challenges for t...

OBJECTIVES To characterise the nature, content, and performance characteristics of existing national STI surveillance systems in the European Union (EU) and Norway, to facilitate collection of comparable surveillance data. METHODS Cross sectional survey using a structured questionnaire. RESULTS Case reporting from clinicians and/or laboratories is the mainstay of EU surveillance systems for...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this research was to learn about nursing home employees' knowledge and perspectives on mandatory reporting of elder abuse. DESIGN Mailed questionnaire and personal interviews. SETTING Two nursing facilities in Iowa. PARTICIPANTS All employees of the two nursing facilities. MEASUREMENTS A 28-item questionnaire that included questions on demographics, personal ex...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the reporting of suspected child abuse among Swedish general practitioners (GPs), and to investigate factors influencing them in their decision whether or not to report to child protective services (CPS). DESIGN A cross-sectional questionnaire study. SETTING Primary health care centres in western Sweden. SUBJECTS 177 GPs and GP trainees. MA...

TTHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (IOM) REPORT TO ERR IS Human: Building a Safer Health System called for voluntary and mandatory reporting systems to identify and learn from errors in health care. That report and other recent efforts to improve patient safety have focused their attention on medical errors. However, patient safety also may be approached by concentrating on the injury itself. Both appr...