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Patient care and treatment (including nutrition)

The National Reporting and Learning Service (NRLS) has produced resources to address a wide range of safety issues that can occur during patient treatment or procedures. This is in response to reports of patient safety incidents submitted to the Reporting and Learning System (RLS) from the NHS in England and Wales.

 

Resources include specific advice and guidance regarding surgery, for example the WHO surgical safety checklist.

 

Other resources include:

 

Use the box below to search for resources relating to patient treatment or procedures.

 

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TitleIssue dateType
Harm from flushing of nasogastric tubes before confirmation of placement22 March 2012Alert
Recognising and instigating prompt treatment for necrotising fasciitis | Signal28 February 2012Signal
Prevention of Harm with Buccal Midazolam | Signal28 February 2012Signal
Risk of skin-prep related fire in operating theatres | Signal28 February 2012Signal
Risk of harm following gastric bypass | Signal28 February 2012Signal
Risk of harm from CPM syndrome following rapid correction of sodium | Signal28 February 2012Signal
Patient safety issues related to gastrostomy | Signal28 February 2012Signal
Minimising Risks of Mismatching Spinal, Epidural and Regional Devices with...28 November 2011Alert
Keeping newborn babies with a family history of MCADD safe in the first hours...26 October 2011Alert
The adult patient’s passport to safer use of insulin30 March 2011Alert

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