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Article Abstract:

An ongoing criminal investigation in Denmark concerns a nursing home assistant charged with the murder of 22 patients. The case is similar to a British case reported in Sep 1997, but reaction to the Danish case has focused on the necessity to amend medication procedures, whereas in Britain the nursing profession reacted by calling for registration of nursing assistants. Police accuse the Danish assistant of killing the patients by administering regular doses of a morphine substitute. Danish law permits nursing assistants to administer drugs under the supervision of a doctor.

Officials and employees, Investigations, Nursing homes, Serial murders, Nurses' aides

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Aids to helps district nurses boost patient nutrition and wound care

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Ensuring patients maintain their nutritional intake is one of the most important proactive steps a community nurse can take in preventing the onset of pressure sores and the failure of wounds to heal. There are several high-fibre nutritional ready-to-use food packs available to community nurses and it is important the right supplement is prescribed for the appropriate condition. Other aids available for the prevention of pressure sores are cushioned chairs and mattresses, while bandage innovations mean several new advanced dressings are available to the community nurse.

Care and treatment, Equipment and supplies, Prevention, Nursing, Patients, Patient care, Bedsores, Decubitus ulcer

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Early closing days: combination drug therapies have proved so effective at controlling HIV that AIDS wards are closing

Article Abstract:

The success of new therapies in treating life threatening diseases has meant that some HIV wards are closing. The two London hospitals that have closed HIV wards claim the closures are a response to falls in patient numbers. A National AIDS Trust spokesman is concerned however that the virus could develop resistance to the combination therapies and that not all patients respond to them. There is also a new requirement for community and out-patient services and some feel these should be in place before any further closures.

Management, Drug therapy, HIV patients, Hospital wards

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