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Nursing 2011: Blood exposure risk during peripheral I.V. catheter insertion and removal

Link: 
http://www.bd.com/infusion/pdfs/Nursing2011.pdf

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

Interdisciplinary Teams – making research make a difference

Link: 
http://www.aihealthsolutions.ca/rtna/doc/final_pdf_of_Casebook_II.pdf

This Casebook, the second in a series produced by Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions, showcases knowledge translation activities of the Interdisciplinary Team Grant program.  The program was launched in 2008 to support research addressing complex health problems. Co-funded by Alberta Health and Wellness and Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions, the program provides $50 million over fi ve years for 10 teams. The teams are interdisciplinary and multi institutional and include nearly 600 researchers and 160 trainees, and support 147 international collaborations. Research activities of the teams cover the spectrum of basic biomedical, clinical, health services, and population health
research and all encompass an integrated KT approach.

Bellwether Methodology in Evaluation

Link: 
http://comm.eval.org/resources/viewdocument/?DocumentKey=fda11a23-768c-49f2-8ab9...

Presenters Steve and Joelle shared experiences adapting and implementing the bellwether methodology for use in two advocacy-related projects: evaluation of a communication campaign designed to deliver messages to local decision makers that promote library funding and prospective evaluation of an education reform campaign.

Primary Health Care Renewal and Community Health Centres

Link: 
http://www.infectiousideas.ca/

Community Health Centres (CHCs) are a model for organizing and delivering primary health care services, with a focus on health promotion, prevention, and community development.

The Effects of Hospital-Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infection on In-Hospital Mortality

Link: 
http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/english/research/cpsiresearchcompetitions/2...

 CPSI Research Competitions > 2008 > Research Results: Forster

The Full report is comprised of the Main Messages, the Executive Summary and the Technical Report

Deliverables
The Effects of Hospital-Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infection on In-Hospital Mortality (Article)
The effect of hospital-acquired infection with Clostridium difficile on length of stay in hospital
Team
Lead

Alan J. Forster, MD, FRCPC, MSc.
Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program
Ottawa Health Research Institute
aforster@ohri.ca

Team Member(s)

Measuring Teamwork in Health Care Settings:A Review of Survey Instruments

Link: 
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-116.pdf

Harvard School of Business Report

HealthCast - The customization of prevention, diagnosis, care and cure - Canadian Compendium

Link: 
http://www.longwoods.com/articles/images/healthcast-canada-2010-04-20-en.pdf

The latest research from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute (HRI), HealthCast provides rich insight from 3,500 consumers around the world, including 500 Canadians, as well as 590 global health leaders (50 in Canada). In-depth interviews were conducted with 225 top executives in government, hospital systems, insurance companies, physician groups,
pharmaceutical and life science companies and technology firms in 50 countries, including 35 Canadian experts.

Best Practices for Mixed Methods Research in the Health Sciences

Link: 
http://obssr.od.nih.gov/scientific_areas/methodology/mixed_methods_research/inde...

In November 2010, The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) commissioned the leadership team of John W. Creswell, Ann Klassen, Vicki L. Plano Clark, and Katherine Clegg Smith to develop a resource that would provide guidance to NIH investigators on how to rigorously develop and evaluate mixed methods research applications. Pursuant to this, the team developed a report of "best practices" following three major objectives.

To develop practices that:

Integration of Care: The Perspectives of Home and Community Providers

Link: 
http://www.changefoundation.ca/docs/integration_of_care_report.pdf

In 2008, The Change Foundation conducted a series of focus groups with patients who were frequent users of the health-care system, and family and friend caregivers of people with multiple chronic conditions. In those discussion groups, we heard that patients and informal caregivers had concerns about the delivery of health-care services (The Puzzlemaker). These concerns included:

Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations

Link: 
http://www.eiconsortium.org/

The mission of the EI Consortium is to advance research and practice of emotional and social intelligence in organizations through the generation and exchange of knowledge. The Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations is currently made up of 8 core members and 56 additional members who are individuals with a strong record of accomplishment as applied researchers in the field. There also are six organizational and corporate members. The Consortium was founded in the spring of 1996 with the support of the Fetzer Institute. Its initial mandate was to study all that is known about emotional intelligence in the workplace.

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