Effective handovers are vital to patient safety and continuity of care, and this is recognised by several national bodies including the GMC. The existing model at Great Western Hospital (GWH) involved three general surgical teams and a urology team placing their printed patient lists, complete with weekend jobs, in a folder for the on-call team to collect at the weekend. We recognised a need to...

The Global Prevalence of Infections in Urology (GPIU) study is a worldwide-performed point prevalence study intended to create surveillance data on antibiotic resistance, type of urogenital infections, risk factors and data on antibiotic consumption, specifically in patients at urological departments with healthcare-associated urogenital infections (HAUTI). Investigators registered data through...

The development of minimally invasive surgical te­ chniques in the f ield of urology is dynamic and has gained immense momentum recently. The endourology section of Korean Journal of Urology (KJU) has focused its efforts on introducing these novel methods and their clinical results to our readers as quickly as possible. Art­ icles on robotic surgery were published as early as in 2006 and many m...

Following elective surgical procedures, hospital discharge summaries are essential in the handover to primary care. The information provided varies between institutions and is highly user-dependent. Various interventions have focused on improving information transfer to patients and primary care physicians including the development of electronic templates, electronic transmission to primary car...

Abstract Aim Clinical governance states that patients should have a named Consultant during their in-patient stay. In our institution, every bed has whiteboard above it, which mentions the name of patient and responsible Consultant. This correspond with electronic system, TrakCare. Ouraim was to audit look into accuracy this practice, in order improve efficacy ward-rounds hence care safety. Met...

A 63-year-old man was admitted to the ward of Internal Medicine Department due to an incidentally found right retroperitoneal tumor under abdominal sonography without any specific discomforts. After further laboratory biochemical investigation and abdominal computed tomography, a right suprarenal mass with fat component density and 7.1×6.6 cm in size was detected. So he was transferred to Urolo...

Abstract Aim To identify the proportion of pyelonephritis patients admitted with true urological pathology Method Retrospective audit Results The majority adults diagnosis (80%) remain under urology team from 1st day admission Of 80% only 9% had an underlying confirmed by imaging AND requiring invasive intervention Conclusions High rate inappropriate to surgical / ward subsequent pressure on be...

INTRODUCTION Staff time is a relevant resource in the delivery of health care interventions. Its measurement is a prerequisite for unit costing but usually complex. The aim of this study was to analyse the distribution of surgeons' work time among types and places of activities. A second aim was to use these data to calculate costs per unit of output. METHODS A self-reporting work sampling st...

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) remains the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections and is an immediate threat to public health that requires urgent and aggressive measures. This clinico-epidemiological study was conducted between 1 Ianuary 2014 31 December 2015 and included 37 patients who developed acute diarrhoeal disease (ADD) during hospitalization and were diagnosed with e...