OBJECTIVE To examine whether some drivers with hemianopia or quadrantanopia display safe driving skills on the road compared with drivers with normal visual fields. METHOD An occupational therapist evaluated 22 people with hemianopia, 8 with quadrantanopia, and 30 with normal vision for driving skills during naturalistic driving using six rating scales. RESULTS Of drivers with normal vision...

With recent changes in the delivery of mental health services articulated in the National Service Framework for mental health (Department of Health (DoH) 1999) and the Mental Health Policy Implementation Guide (DoH 2002), occupational therapists, in common with other mental health professionals, will need to specify their role and the therapeutic contribution they make to inpatient care. The oc...

background : nursing is a dynamic and supportive job, with the main role of taking care of patients. maintaining appropriate communication of the nurse with the patients is particularly known as the main core of care in mental health. however, in spite of the importance of providing communication, one of the main sources of stress in nurses of psychiatry wards is communication with the patients...

OBJECTIVE Multiskilling has been identified as one means of reducing she cost of health care. This study examined occupational therapy practitioners' knowledge of multiskilling, how it is affecting service delivery and quality of care, and how therapists believe the addition of skills should occur. METHOD A questionnaire was constructed for the survey and mailed to a random sample of 200 occu...

BACKGROUND The risk of a surgeon acquiring the hepatitis C virus (HCV) through occupational exposure is dependent on the prevalence of HCV infection in the patient population, the probability of a percutaneous injury transmitting HCV, and the incidence of percutaneous injury during surgery. AIMS To estimate the prevalence of HCV infection in the adult surgical patient population in North Glas...

conclusions the relatively high prevalence of percutaneous injuries and splashes in this study emphasized the importance of improved prevention strategies, better hospital surveillance for occupational exposure, and enhanced training of healthcare workers. background healthcare workers (hcws) regularly face the risk of exposure to sharp injuries and splashes as an occupational hazard, which pre...