Infection Prevention & Control

Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections through best practice: Sherwood Forest Hospitals' experience.

Palmer, Sally; Dixon, Rosie (2019-01)

A programme to standardise catheterisation practice was introduced in Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust in 2016, with the aim of reducing the incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). The ...
Sepsis... [including commentary by Julian Newell]

Dean, Erin (2016-09)

Sepsis, a clinical syndrome caused by the body’s immune and coagulation systems being switched on by an infection, is believed to cause about 44,000 deaths a year. If not recognised early and treated promptly, sepsis can ...