Patient Safety
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Drug driving: are your meds affecting you? HealthTimes - 29-02-2016
Warning labels on medications about the dangers of driving are not enough to stop people getting behind the wheel with most driving while affected by drugs, according
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Codeine-related deaths on the rise AAP - 05-10-2015
Almost half of codeine-related deaths in Australia from 2000 to 2013 are attributable to accidental overdose, say researchers. Deaths related
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Lilli's death preventable: Qld family AAP - 29-07-2015
The family of a six-year-old girl who died after surgery say her treatment in a Brisbane hospital was incorrect. The family of a young Queensland
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Hospitals, Medibank at war over costs AAP - 10-07-2015
A private hospital provider is at war with Australia's largest private health insurer, accusing it of ruthless tactics that will see patients pay more.
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Superbug found in Vic hospitals AAP - 16-06-2015
Victorian hospitals to crack down on infection controls after almost 60 cases were found across the state. A superbug cluster in a Victorian
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Saw found in cupboard 'used in amputation' AAP - 26-05-2015
A member of the surgical team at a Scottish hospital was sent to the British equivalent of Bunnings to buy a saw to amputate a man's leg.
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Vic patients can ask for same gender doc AAP - 06-05-2015
A major Victorian hospital has changed its policy to allow patients to request to see a doctor of the same gender for cultural or religious reasons. A Melbourne
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Campaign targets health risks and costs AAP - 29-04-2015
The Choosing Wisely campaign is set for launch, with a list of healthcare issues clinicians and consumers should be questioning. Doctors are
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Elderly inpatients on more than 10 drugs AAP - 21-04-2015
Hospital wards are an ideal setting to discontinue inappropriate medications for older people, say researchers. Australian hospitals are missing
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Flying Doctors defend safety record in Qld AAP - 27-03-2015
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has defended its safety record after an independent audit into how the organisation runs. Health Minister Cameron Dick announced
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Nursing researchers to receive international honour Karen Keast - 09-05-2017
Griffith University patient safety nursing researcher Professor Wendy Chaboyer is one of two Australian researchers set to be inducted into the International Nurse Researcher
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Labor pledges nurse to patient ratios for Queensland Karen Keast - 02-08-2016
Queensland will legislate nurse to patient ratios under a Labor state government. Opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk has pledged to legislate safe patient
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Research points to patient safety in nurse numbers Karen Keast - 02-08-2016
International research shows nurse staffing levels contribute to a seven-fold difference in patient mortality rates between hospitals. Patient safety researcher
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Survey reveals missed patient care concerns nurses Karen Keast - 05-11-2014
A new study shows New Zealand nurses are concerned about missed patient care. The Eastern Institute of Technology
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Labor pledges to legislate nurse to patient ratios Karen Keast - 02-08-2016
Victoria could become the first state in Australia to enshrine nurse to patient ratios in legislation. Opposition leader Daniel Andrews has pledged to legislate
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GPs pledge to ban drug company visits AAP - 10-10-2014
A group of Australian doctors has pledged to ban pharmaceutical companies visiting their practices but the AMA says the campaign is misguided.

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