This is a new set of guidelines prepared for the BAD Clinical Standards Unit, made up of the Therapy & Guidelines Subcommittee (T&G) and the Audit & Clinical Standards Subcommittee (A&CS). Members of the Clinical Standards Unit are: H.K. Bell (Chairman T&G), L.C. Fuller (Chairman A&CS), N.J. Levell, M.J. Tidman, P.D. Yesudian, J. Lear, J. Hughes, A.J. McDonagh, S. Punjabi, N. Morar, S. Wagle (B...

This information on best practice is based on a systematic review of research, published by Blackwell Publishing Asia and conducted by the Centre for Evidence-based Nursing South Australia, a collaborating centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). The primary references on which this information is based are provided in the systematic review report available online via Blackwell Synergy www....

Caring for patients with an indwelling urinary catheter is common in nursing practice. While catheters are essential for some patients, evidence suggests that in many cases catheterisation may be unjustified. This exposes patients to significant and unnecessary risks of acquiring urinary tract infections, extending their length of stay and imposing an extra burden of care and cost on healthcare...

The pain caused by burns can be unpredictable and its management is complex. In order to minimise the discomfort experienced by burns patients, it is important that health care professionals understand the principles of analgesia and the importance of delivering the right drugs at the right time. An audit in a burns unit revealed that nursing and medical staff lacked confidence in prescribing a...

Abstract Background Sedative medications including neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, opioids, ‘z’ drugs and trazadone are commonly prescribed for older adults. Nursing home residents three times more likely to be benzodiazepines. associated with significant risks falls delirium in Neuroleptics also increase risk of cerebrovascular disease functional decline. Regular medication review education hav...

Audit market concentration causes to decrease the scope of companies' au-thorities for selecting the audit institutions but instead it increases the power of auditors' market that it turns, leads to a decrease in quality and an increase in auditors' stress. The purpose of the present research is to study the effect of audit market concentration on auditors's job stress and audit quality of Tehr...

this study examines the differences between strategic systems audit approach compared with traditional based audit approach and its impact on development of auditors’ knowledge of the client’s business, has been discussed. strategic systems audit approach advocates argue that this approach creates a better development of auditors’ knowledge of the client’s business than the traditional-based au...