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To help ensure that their research makes a difference, research organizations are committing more time and resources to knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) — the practice of putting relevant research into the hands of key decision-makers and stakeholders in a timely, accessible and useful manner.

Yet, the effectiveness of current KTE practices has not been routinely or consistently evaluated. In part, this could be because of the lack of instruments for assessing the impact of KTE activities.

LAST SPRING, Nursing2011 invited nurses to participate in a survey exploring blood exposure risks
from peripheral I.V. catheter insertion and removal. Although needlestick risk from I.V. catheter devices has been well documented in device studies carried out in the 1990s and early 2000s,1-3 blood exposures sustained by healthcare workers during peripheral I.V. catheter insertion or removal have received less attention.

In data from the CDC on occupationally acquired HIV in healthcare workers, I.V. insertion was second only to phlebotomy among procedures causing injuries resulting in infections—despite the fact that I.V. catheter needles represent only a small fraction of sharps used in healthcare delivery

This website gathers together a number of health and social care indicators. Currently these include:

• Compendium of Population Health Indicators

A wide-ranging collection of over 1,000 indicators designed to provide a comprehensive overview of population health at a national, regional and local level. These indicators were previously available on the Clinical and Health Outcomes Knowledge Base website (also known as NCHOD).

• GP Practice data

This is a collection of practice level data and is designed to improve healthcare and support patients in making better, informed choices about the practice they choose to register with.

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