Designing a simple help card for use with a syringe driver

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A majority of drug treatment in the UK is provided safely but mistakes and accidents do sometimes occur making it essential for hospitals to institute safe systems. To decrease drug infusion errors, a small, simple to use help card was developed to be used with a Graseby MS16A syringe driver that can be used with a variety of sizes and manufacturers' syringes.

Drug therapy

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Using guidance to prevent errors when giving blood transfusions

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The new Royal College of Nursing (RCN) guidance should be used to prevent the human errors and failures while giving blood transfusions. The most common errors are caused by the failure to monitor the patients' vital signs at the early stages of transfusion, incorrect patient identification and the dangers involved while prelabeling sample tubes.

Services information, Services, Blood transfusion, Royal College of Nursing

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Increasing awareness of a rare form of haematological cancer

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The clinical presentation of myeloma and rare cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow is highlighted. The common symptoms and causes of myeloma that are yet unproven with certain chemicals, viruses, lowered immune systems and exposure to radiation or benzene is discussed.

United States, Science & research, Research, Causes of, Cancer, Multiple myeloma

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