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Infection control – soft furnishings
February 26, 2015
Part of the infection control strategy for a work environment is to consider the role soft furnishings play in the spread and prevention of pathogenic microorganisms. Manufacturers and suppliers of…
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Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
February 23, 2015
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 Every day we all use cleaning products and other hazardous substances that have the potential to damage our heath. In the…
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The Big C – Compassion
February 20, 2015
How important is compassion to your patients? I came across an email this week advertising the General Medical Council (GMC) webinar ‘How important is compassion to your patients?’ Last year…
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Secret filming in care
February 20, 2015
The Care Quality Commission recently issued a pamphlet guide on the use of secret filming in care services. It did this because it recognised that it was already an established…
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A new look at vitamin C
February 20, 2015
A new review has indicated that there may be a link between vitamin C deficiency and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes. However, good quality scientific studies have not clearly…
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Sometimes less is more
February 20, 2015
The fact that serious sight problems are 10 times more common in people with learning disability has led to calls for increased commissioning of adapted sight tests for this group.…
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What to pay?
February 19, 2015
Money motivates – a least that is the popular view. It is partially a myth. In reality, it is fair reward that motivates and, even more specifically, unfair reward that…
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What are we doing here?
February 18, 2015
Recently, I was sharing the staff room of a practice whilst having my lunchtime sandwich, and there was some chatter about patients who had been in. Some of this revolved…
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