Educational Intervention to Reduce Outpatient Inappropriate Echocardiograms

An evaluation of an educational intervention to reduce inappropriate cannulation and improve cannulation technique by paramedics.

BACKGROUND Intravenous cannulation enables administration of fluids or drugs by paramedics in prehospital settings. Inappropriate use and poor technique carry risks for patients, including pain and infection. We aimed to investigate the effect of an educational intervention designed to reduce the rate of inappropriate cannulation and to improve cannulation technique. METHOD We used a non-rand...

antibiotic and interventions to reduce inappropriate prescribing

Effectiveness of an educational intervention based on theory of planned behavior to reduce intentions to smoke among secondary school students

Beliefs about smoking are important predictors of smoking behavior among adolescents. An alarming fact is the rising smoking prevalence in Asian countries especially in the Middle East, particularly the increasing trend in smoking during adolescence. In a randomized controlled trial study, 150 students e were selected using multistage sampling procedure from boy-specific high schools in Qazvi...

Impact of educational intervention on prescribing inappropriate medication to elderly nursing homes residents.

INTRODUCTION Problems with polypharmacy, adverse drug reactions and non-adherence are especially frequent among elderly nursing home residents. OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to evaluate effectiveness of a specific form of staff education on appropriateness of prescribing in a cluster of nursing homes for the elderly. METHODS The study was designed as before-and-after trial of education...

Intervention to reduce inappropriate ionized calcium ordering practices: a quality-improvement project.

CONTEXT The importance of an abnormal ionized calcium (iCa) measurement in noncritically ill patients is unclear. Furthermore, iCa monitoring is more expensive than measurement of total calcium and consumes more laboratory resources. We hypothesize that most iCa tests are ordered for routine monitoring in asymptomatic patients, and results do not influence clinical management. OBJECTIVE To ch...