The OTJ March 2023
In depth coverage of this month’s surgical and anaesthetic news.
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Digital Edition Highlights:
NHS Scotland First in World to ‘clean up’ Anaesthetic Gases
New Standards to Improve the Safety of Invasive Procedures in the NHS
Researchers Suggest Novel Cutpoints for Diagnosing Cardiac Hypertrophy in Adolescents and Young Adults
25in25 Summit: 45 Health Organisations Unite to Sign Declaration to Save Thousands of Lives by Focusing on Reducing Heart Failure Deaths
A Reflection on My Learning as an Individual and as Part of a Team on Placement
NHS Patients Targeted to Reduce Risks as they Wait for Hospital Treatment
Win a Set of 20 Adult Intubation & Safety Checklist Cards
Latest News
Vanguard Offers a Viewing of its New Mobile Operating Theatre and Insight into its Rapid Provision of Healthcare Spaces
Vanguard Healthcare Solutions, the UK’s leading provider of flexible clinical infrastructure, is hosting an information event for healthcare professionals which will offer a tour of one of its new mobile…
SIME Begins Clinical Trial Validating Point-of-care Device that Rapidly Predicts Neonatal Respiratory Disease at Birth in the NICU
The FAST 2 (Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy guided Surfactant Therapy) trial begins in 4 Danish University Hospitals to validate performance of innovative point-of-care (POC) device SIME Diagnostics, a pioneer in point-of-care…
Medical Malpractice
In claims against medical professionals the system remains under pressure and our general prediction is that everything will take longer and claims will cost more to resolve. The Fixed Recoverable…
Ten Years After the Francis Inquiry Report: Will we ever learn?
Have lessons been learned in the decade since the Francis Report explored major failures of care at Stafford Hospital that led to unnecessary patient deaths. It is 10 years since…
New Strategy to Boost NHS Access to Innovative Medical Technology
The medical technology strategy will ensure patients can access safe, effective and innovative equipment and medical devices. Patients across the UK are set to benefit from access to safe, effective…
Latest Study Days
Human Factors & Patient Safety Webinar
3rd May 2023 12:00 – 13:30 Human Factors principles aim to understand the ‘fit’ between an employee, their equipment and the surrounding environment, which can include learning styles, behaviours and…
Perioperative Care Practitioners Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills (PINTS)
13 September 2023 – Edinburgh This one-day course enables perioperative care practitioners (PCPs) and surgical first assistants (SFAs) to improve their intra-operative performance and help them observe and rate intra-operative…
Perioperative Care Practitioners Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills (PINTS)
17 May 2023 – Birmingham This one-day course enables perioperative care practitioners (PCPs) and surgical first assistants (SFAs) to improve their intra-operative performance and help them observe and rate intra-operative…
