FEATURE ARTICLES

At an educational symposium for clinical and biomedical engineers – Completing the Picture – Dr Michael Waller, a consultant physicist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, discussed the different imaging technologies available today. SUZANNE CALLANDER reports from the event.

SCOTT HORSLEY, senior theatre manager and decontamination lead for Vanguard Healthcare, discusses how the provider of mobile endoscopy services put HTM 2030 and CFPP 01-06 to the test as part of an evaluation programme to identify the gold standard in compliance.

Warming Update, an interactive webinar session, offered an opportunity for anaesthesiology professionals from around the world to share their knowledge on patient warming practices in the operating theatre environment.

Philips Healthcare recently hosted an innovation event at its research centre, in Cambridge, to explore the role of emerging technologies in supporting new ways of delivering healthcare services, which meet the Department of Health’s objectives on Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP). LOUISE FRAMPTON reports.

Around 250 medical equipment healthcare professionals – involved in areas such as procurement, maintenance, user training, and managing inventories – will gather at a dedicated electro-biomedical engineering (EBME) event, next month, to discuss topical issues in medical device management.

KATE WOODHEAD RGN DMS provides an insight into the latest report from the Health Protection Agency on sharps related injuries. Surveillance shows healthcare workers continue to be exposed to serious risks of infection.

At a presentation hosted by the Royal College of Physicians, late in 2012, Professor John Wass spoke about the imminent release of a working party report from the RCP entitled Action on Obesity: Comprehensive care for all. SUZANNE CALLANDER reports.

With an ageing society, the number of hip and knee replacements is set to increase dramatically – along with the number of associated prosthetic joint infections. LOUISE FRAMPTON reports.

The move from broad-based patient treatment to targeted, personalised clinical delivery has significant implications for patient services.

When the Peterborough District Hospital sterile services department moved into the newly-built Peterborough City Hospital, it had an opportunity to redesign its storage and handling systems to better suit its processes.

Procedures involving electro surgery, laser tissue ablation and ultrasonic scalpel tissue dissection all create surgical smoke plume – but should healthcare workers be concerned about the risks to their health and demand better protection? LOUISE FRAMPTON reports.

JACK KAYE suggests a primary screening alternative to check for signs of breast cancer, without the need for more regular mammogram screening programmes.

The third Healthcare Innovation Expo 2013 will support the delivery of the report Innovation Health and Wealth – Accelerating Adoption and Diffusion in the NHS.

The third Healthcare Innovation Expo 2013 will support the delivery of the report Innovation Health and Wealth – Accelerating Adoption and Diffusion in the NHS.

JOHN SANDHAM IEng MIHEEM MIET highlights the risks associated with poor medical device management policy and argues the need for Trusts to be more actively involved in setting policy and systems to improve practice.

How should those tasked with the delivery of safe, compliant endoscope decontamination services approach the new Choice Framework for local Policy and Procedures?

Pain management is an important component in patient care. The use of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) has become a common method for providing post-operative pain management.

A new strategy for nursing and midwifery has been published which aims to ensure high quality, compassionate care. KATE WOODHEAD RGN DMS provides an insight into how this vision is expected to be delivered.

The Clinical Services Journal reports on a call, by the Royal College of Physicians, for a radical review of the health service in a bid to change the way care is organised and delivered, to better meet changing patient needs.

The Government believes that the NHS could save £1.2 billion through improved procurement. At one Trust alone, savings of £800,000 per year have been achieved by the orthopaedic department, through a review of its procurement strategy. LOUISE FRAMPTON reports.