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Malaria in UK travellers: assessment, prevention and treatment

09 May 2006

Nursing Standard

Learning zone travel health

Malaria is the most serious tropical disease. Increasing numbers of people are travelling to tropical destinations where they are at risk of malaria. Nurses need to...

Vaccine administration

12 July 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

There has been a big increase in the number of vaccinations administered by nurses in the past few decades and it is now a regular part of many nurses’ workloads....

Providing a travel health service in primary care

08 June 2005

Nursing Standard

CPD

A dedicated travel health service in primary care has many benefits for practice patients, as well as being satisfying and rewarding for the health professionals...

Best practice in vaccine administration

31 October 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Good practice is essential for nurses working in the field of vaccine administration to ensure that patients receive the best care possible. This article discusses...

Malaria in UK travellers: assessment, prevention and treatment

03 May 2006

Nursing Standard

CPD

Malaria is the most serious tropical disease. Increasing numbers of people are travelling to tropical destinations where they are at risk of malaria. Nurses need to...

Mosquito-borne viral infections and the traveller

07 May 2008

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article reviews the mosquito-borne infections yellow fever, Chikungunya virus, West Nile virus, dengue fever and eastern equine encephalitis. It provides advice...

Immunisation: promoting travel health

22 July 2009

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article explores the issues involved when undertaking immunisations during a travel health consultation. The author examines the essential topics to be...

Safe storage and handling of vaccines

19 February 2014

Nursing Standard

CPD

Safe vaccine storage and handling is essential to ensure that the ‘cold chain’ that refrigerates the vaccine at a temperature between +2°C and +8°C is maintained...

Immunisation: promoting travel health

09 July 2010

Primary Health Care

CPD

This article explores the issues involved when undertaking immunisations during a travel health consultation. The author examines the essential topics to be...

International travel and health assessment

12 June 2002

Nursing Standard

CPD

Travel risk assessment is an essential component of travel consultation, and is an efficient way of providing international travellers with evidence-based advice.