Safety Quality and Standards
2009 - 2010 Circulars
2010
- Safer Ambulatory Syringe Drivers
- Preventing fatalities from medication loading doses
- Managing Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- The transfusion of blood and blood components in an emergency
- Laparoscopic surgery: Failure to recognise post-operative deterioration
- Prevention of over infusion of intravenous fluid and medicines in neonates
- Reducing treatment dose errors with low molecular weight heparins
- Safer administration of insulin
- Establishing an Early Alert System
- Reducing the risk of retained swabs after vaginal birth and perineal suturing
- Phase 2 - Learning from Adverse Incidents and Near Misses reported by HSC organisations and Family Practitioner Services
- Checking pregnancy before surgery
- Early detection of complications after gastrostomy
- Safer Use of Intravenous Gentamicin for Neonates
- Reducing Harm from Omitted and Delayed Medicines in Hospital
- Preventing harm to children from parents with mental health needs
- Handling Clinical and Social Care Negligence and Personal Injury Claims
- Guidelines for Managment of Anaphylaxis in Educational Establishments
2009
- Reducing risks of tourniquets left on after finger and toe surgery
- Safer spinal (intrathecal), epidural and regional devices
- Oxygen Safety in Hospitals
- NPSA Safety in Doses Improving the use of medicines in the NHS
- Minimising Risks with Suprapubic Catheters (adults only)
- Reducing the risks associated with the management of a patient with a tracheostomy
- Osteonecrosis associated with Bisphosphonate usage
- Preventing delay to follow up for patients with glaucoma
- Regional templates for Long Stay In-patient Medicine Prescription and Administration Record and Syringe Driver Prescription and Administration
- Reducing the Risk of Retained Throat Packs After Surgery
- Guidance on Complaints Handling in Regulated Establishments and Agencies
- Learning from Adverse Incidents and Near Misses reported by HSC organisations and Family Practitioner Services
- Risk to patient safety of not using the H+C Number as the regional identifier for all patients and clients
- Reducing Harm caused by the Misplacement of Nasogastric Feeding Tubes
- Patients with mental health needs in the acute sector
