A study led by Professor John Mathews has indicated that there is a higher risk of a person developing cancer in later life if they were exposed to ionising radiation from a CT scan as a child.1
In Australia, many children and young people under the age of 20 have a computed tomography (CT) scan each year.
Implementation Guide
Implementation and validation guides
How will the Collaborative help patients?
By improving anaemia management for patients in the preoperative phase of care, the Collaborative may help to reduce the:
A Collaborative enables health services to learn from each other and recognised experts in this identified area of health care. A Collaborative is designed to implement change in small, manageable cycles, and identify where a change actually leads to improvement.
Patient Blood Management (PBM) takes an individualised, multidisciplinary approach to the management of a patient’s blood, through assessment and the development of a management plan to:
Posters
The Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard guides clinicians and health services in hip fracture care to improve outcomes for people with a hip fracture
Delirium is an acute change in mental status that is often triggered by acute illness, surgery, injuries or adverse effects of medicines.