On the Radar Issue 505

2021
Newsletter

This issue includes items on COVID-19, chronic health conditions, checklists, medical emergency teams (MET), nursing work schedules, and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of Journal of Patient Safety, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

Overview

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to an infection damages its own tissues and organs.

About the Standards

2020 Census Highlights Report

2021
Publication, report or update

The 2020 APS employee census was undertaken between 12 October and 13 November 2020.

On the Radar Issue 504

2021
Newsletter

This issue includes items on COVID-19, consultation on a draft Low back pain clinical care standard, patient experience, patient harm, medications, new guidelines on acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, new guidelines on otitis media, and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of BMJ Quality and Safety, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

At a glance 

  • Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medicines are used to reduce stomach acid production and are effective in managing gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
  • They are commonly used in older people, often for periods longer than they are actually needed

At a glance 

  • Medication management reviews (MMRs) aim to help people to get the most benefit from their medicines and minimise their risk of medicines-related harm

At a glance

  • Polypharmacy is the concurrent use of multiple medicines. It is common in older people because they often have several chronic diseases that require management with medicines

At a glance

  • Few people who have an initial gastroscopy require another within 3 years
  • Repeat gastroscopy is used mainly to monitor conditions that can increase the risk of upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancer or bleeding in high risk groups
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