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The role of nutrition in the prevention of infection

01 March 2002

Learning Disability Practice

CPD

Adequate nutrition is essential for maintaining health and deficiencies can lead to an increased risk of infection. Deborah Ward discusses the importance of...

The role of nutrition in the prevention of infection

16 January 2002

Nursing Standard

CPD

Adequate nutrition is essential for maintaining health and deficiencies can lead to an increased risk of infection. Deborah Ward discusses the importance of...

Self-esteem and audit feedback

28 May 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background Audits of clinical practice are regularly carried out in healthcare settings (NHSE 1996). As part of the audit process, results are fed back to the senior...

Improving patient hand hygiene

14 May 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The hand hygiene of patients has been neglected and should be emphasised. This article outlines strategies to empower patients to improve their hand hygiene, bearing...

Compliance with infection control precautions in primary care

01 December 2006

Primary Health Care

Infection control

In recent years there has been an increase in the work carried out nationally to investigate healthcare acquired infection. The Public Health Laboratory Service...

Role of the infection prevention and control link nurse

26 May 2016

Primary Health Care

Art & Science

The role of the link nurse was introduced into infection prevention and control in the UK in the 1980s. Since then there have been many changes, and in 2012 the...

The role of the school nurse in infection control

01 December 2000

Primary Health Care

Infection control

The school health service was originally established as a result of numerous issues between the 1800s and 1900s, one of these being the prevalence of infectious...

Managing patients with encephalitis

11 November 2015

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article provides an overview of encephalitis and addresses its diagnosis, some of the common presenting signs and symptoms, and the different aspects of nursing...