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SWIFT PROV-ED

Safe, Well organised, Inter-Facility Transfer (SWIFT) is a safety process and consists a 60 second bedside check conducted immediately prior to patient transfer. Undertaken by the Senior Doctor,...

REMS

Resuscitation Medication Safety (ReMS) is a visual prompt for organising and classifying resuscitation drugs to help reduce cognitive load on staff.  It includes two plastic benchtop boards (for...

RedUCE

RedUCE provides illustrated instructions to patients to demonstrate the correct technique to collect a urine sample. 

What is now known as RedUCE, was initially implemented at the Princess...

transforming-eds-towards-cultural-safety

The gap in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous people is a well-documented priority area for both National and State Governments. Within Queensland...

nurse-initiated-x-ray

Nurse Initiated X-Ray (NIX) aims to streamline patient care in all areas of the Emergency Department (ED), through early initiation of investigations by nursing staff. NIX has been shown to...

prov-ed

PROV-ED aims to disseminate innovation, by sourcing and scaling value-based emergency department (ED) initiatives with demonstrated outcomes. Initiatives are selected for statewide rollout via...

testing for diabetes

Diabetes affects approximately one in 700 young people in Australia. Adolescents with diabetes struggle with glycaemic control which is exacerbated during the transition from paediatric to adult...

Care at end of life

The Care at end of life: Education and training framework has been initiated to assist with developing a localised Hospital and Health Service (HHS) End of Life Education and Training Strategy for...

credit

The Cannulation Reduction in Emergency Department Implementation Toolkit (CREDIT) initiative uses a multimodal educational intervention aimed at reducing insertion of unnecessary, "just in case"...

Pressure injury

DISCOVER and R.E.A.C.T. involves a two-step, systematic approach to prevent and manage pressure injuries in the ED. Step 1 involves ‘DISCOVER’ which includes "skin inspection, that is head-to-toe...

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