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WEBSep 4, 2024 · A New Centre To Help Canada’s Nurses Enhance Their Skills. Coming out of the pandemic, Canada’s health care system found many new challenges and many new nurses in hospital wards. This created a need for learning opportunities that The Michener Centre for Post-Graduate Nursing Education (Michener CNE) has stepped up to provide.
The alcohol swab before the needle: A point of debate
WEBMar 5, 2020 · Alcohol swabbing before an injection is a long-standing, widely used infection control practice. It’s thought that prepping the skin using alcohol swabs removes bacteria that could be pushed into the puncture and might cause an infection. To clean the skin before a vaccination or other injection, suggested standard practice according to the ...
Feeding assistance: Strategies for success - Hospital News
WEBFeb 28, 2018 · Residents require individual strategies for positioning, but this usually includes keeping the upper body securely in an upright position, with hips, knees and ankles bent as closely to a 90 degree angle as possible. The feet should be flat on the floor or on wheel chair supports, and the head should be held straight with the chin down slightly.
Prioritizing wound care to reduce hospitalizations and cut costs
WEBPublished on. February 14, 2020. Wound care costs Ontario at least $1.5 billion annually in direct costs. Wounds Canada urges the Government of Ontario to prioritize wound care, ensuring that patient care is equitable, timely, non-fragmented and accessible across the province. To improve patient care, reduce hospitalizations and lower spending ...
Comprehensive Medication Review: A prerequisite for …
WEBMar 21, 2022 · Conducting a comprehensive medication review is an essential part of the patient care process, especially at high-risk points/transitions of care. It is a prerequisite for patient/medication safety. Using a stepwise approach (Figure 1) can ensure accuracy and efficiency to the benefit of the patient and care provider.
Digital tools and virtual care in emergency services
WEBSep 25, 2020 · After calling a special number (1-844-727-6404) and answering some basic health questions posed by a medical receptionist, patients are either directed to seek immediate emergency care or are booked into a same-day video or telephone appointment. CHEO, meanwhile, in early May became Canada’s first pediatric hospital offering a virtual ...
24 new innovations to improve the lives of older adults
WEBJul 13, 2021 · Through Spark-ON and Spark-CU, CABHI will invest close to $1 million in support of these 24 projects, which range from water intake initiatives to intergenerational learning and digital literacy skills development for older adults. While unique, each project shares a common goal: improving the quality of life for older adults, people living ...
New armband improves patient safety in hospitals
WEBDec 21, 2013 · The supersoft armband is water and chemical proof, and can be comfortably worn for up to 25 days without causing skin irritation, cuts, nicks or sores, or losing legibility. The easily-printable bands also remove the need to use multiple coloured armbands. Officially launched at the Ontario Hospital Association’s HealthAchieve Conference in ...
The 5W’s of medication incident reporting - Hospital News
WEBDec 4, 2020 · The 5W’s of medication incident reporting. Patient and Staff Safety. Published on. December 4, 2020. By Yi Zhou Situ, Bita Janzadeh and Certina Ho. According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) “ Definition of Terms ” , a medication incident is “a mistake with medication, or a problem that could cause a ...
Canada ranks last on number of hospital beds, wait times
WEBOct 3, 2019 · But again, despite the high cost, availability and access to medical resources in the Canadian health-care system is generally worse than in the comparable countries. For example, Canada ranks 26th (out of 28 countries) for the number of doctors (2.8 per 1,000 people) and 26th (out of 27) for the number of hospital beds (2.0 per 1,000 people).