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Item Operation note transformation: The application of Lean Six Sigma to improve the process of documenting the operation note in a private hospital setting(MDPI, 2021-11-21) Wolfe, Nicola; Teeling, Sean Paul; Ward, Marie; McNamara, Martin; Koshy, LibyClinical documentation is a key safety and quality risk, particularly at transitions of care where there is a higher risk of information being miscommunicated or lost. A surgical operation note (ON) is an essential medicolegal document to ensure continuity of patient care between the surgical operating team and other colleagues, which should be completed immediately following surgery. Incomplete operating surgeon documentation of the ON, in a legible and timely manner, impacts the quality of information available to nurses to deliver post-operative care. In the project site, a private hospital in Dublin, Ireland, the accuracy of completion of the ON across all surgical specialties was 20%. This project sought to improve the accuracy, legibility, and completeness of the ON in the Operating Room. A multidisciplinary team of staff utilised the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology, specifically the Define/Measure/Analyse/Design/Verify (DMADV) framework, to design a new digital process application for documenting the ON. Post-introduction of the new design, 100% of the ONs were completed digitally with a corresponding cost saving of EUR 10,000 annually. The time to complete the ON was reduced by 30% due to the designed digital platform and mandatory fields, ensuring 100% of the document is legible. As a result, this project significantly improved the quality and timely production of the ON within a digital solution. The success of the newly designed ON process demonstrates the effectiveness of the DMADV in establishing a co-designed, value-adding process for post-operative surgical notes.Item Exploring mediating effects between nursing leadership and patient safety from a person-centred perspective: A literature review(Wiley, 2020-12-27) Wang, Meini; Dewing, JanAims: To evaluate the mechanism through which nursing leadership impacts patient safety.Item Framing moving and handling as a complex healthcare intervention within the acute care of older people with osteoporosis: a qualitative study(Wiley, 2016-08-22) Smith, Margaret Coulter; O'May, Fiona; Tropea, Savina; Berg, Jackie; AnonymousAims and objectives. To investigate healthcare staff's views and experiences of caring for older hospitalized adults [aged 60+] with osteoporosis focusing on moving and handling. Specific objectives were to explore the composition of manual handling risk assessments and interventions in osteoporosis. Background. Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease that reduces bone density and causes increased fracture risk. Incidence rises with age and osteoporotic fractures cause increased morbidity and mortality. It is major global health problem. In the UK older hospitalized adults are normally screened for falls risk but not necessarily for osteoporosis. As presentation of osteoporosis is normally silent until fractures are evident it is frequently undiagnosed. Healthcare staff's knowledge of osteoporosis is often sub optimal and specific manual handing implications under-researched.