Revista de calidad asistencial : organo de la Sociedad Española de Calidad Asistencial
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To determine the prevalence of the Burnout Syndrome among the members of an Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit. ⋯ We believe that 33.8% is an alarmingly high level of emotional exhaustion in the members of the present study, and this level is even higher in medical specialists (52.3%). Only the 2.8% of the professionals had high values in the three sub-scales.
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Voluntary reporting of patient safety incidents may under-report incidents as well as the scale and severity of them. The aim of this report was to analyse of the adverse events in our hospital by means of different reporting systems. ⋯ We have increased the adverse events reporting due the inclusion of the reporting systems and a clinical risk manager working a full time, with a clearer picture of the types of adverse events with an integration of different data and reporting systems, and a better approach to improvement, monitoring and review of the processes. The nature of the sources in the reporting systems does not permit to know the ranking and real figures of the adverse events, and it is necessary to established priorities and to stagger the different reporting systems in the time and in function of the cost effectiveness measures. The reporting systems are the first step to analysis and is necessary to improve and mitigate the adverse events.
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to assess the impact of a hand hygiene campaign on the rate of healthcare-associated infections in a teaching hospital in Las Palmas. ⋯ Despite the increase in adherence to hand hygiene at the areas under surveillance, health-care associated infections were not lowered hospital-wide. A more comprehensive strategy should be implemented, increasing managers and directors support in every task related to infection control.
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Multicenter Study
[Care of adolescents in Spanish hospitals: the invisible patients].
The general aim of this work was to address the current models of non-psychiatric hospitalization received by adolescents in Spanish hospitals. Specifically, we wished to determine whether Spanish hospitals have specific non-psychiatric admittance units for adolescent patients, what are the age limits used by such units, what diseases are cared for, and what educational and leisure services are provided for hospitalised patients. If the hospitals do not have specific admittance units for adolescent patients, we wished to find out the age limit at which minors are admitted into the paediatric unit, and where they are they admitted when they are not admitted in paediatrics, and whether alternative educational and leisure activities are provided to minor patients who are admitted in units other than paediatrics. ⋯ The treatment of adolescents within the Spanish hospital system has a series of deficiencies as regards international quality parameters.