Updated pressure ulcer procedure on ClinicalSkills.net!

From ClinicalSkills.net:

This week, we’re excited to announce that Part 1 of our new series on Pressure Ulcers is now available!

This highly detailed and informative series has been demonstrated for us by Claire Walker, Lecturer at the University of Liverpool. Part 1 is on “Risk assessment, skin assessment and care” and it covers:

·      Categories of patients who must have an assessment of pressure ulcer risk, according to NICE guidelines

·      How to carry out skin inspection, including the need to check blanching and presence of erythema

·      Strategies to avoid development of moisture lesions

·      Assessment of pressure ulcers and use of a grading tool  

·      Emphasis on the need for continued assessment, and documentation of assessment

Part 2 of this series is on “Repositioning and early mobilisation”, and Part 3 is on “Treatment of pressure ulcers”. Parts 2 and 3 will be published over the next two weeks.

You’ll find the Pressure Ulcers series in both the Adults and the Primary Care sections, in the categories, Wound Care and Wound Care in Primary Care respectively. Alternatively, just put the relevant key word in the Search field on the Procedures page. 

This week, we also have some updates for you. The following procedures have been reviewed by the author and updated:

·      Recording temperature: Disposable thermometers

·      Recording temperature: Tympanic thermometers

·      Recording temperature: Electronic thermometers

The main change has been updated references.

Go to the Library resources page on the MTW intranet to access this new procedure on ClinicalSkills.net (no log in required) or access off-site at www.clinicalskills.net with an OpenAthens account. 

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Catalogue website- NOW WORKING!

The Library catalogue website- www.southeastlibrarysearch.nhs.uk  is back up and running again!

Thank you
MTW Libraries

Catalogue down- www.southeastlibrarysearch.nhs.uk

The Library catalogue (www.southeastlibrarysearch.nhs.uk) is currently down.

The Libraries at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals can still renew books and check stock holdings for you:
email us on mtw-tr.library@nhs.net
or ring Maidstone: 01622 2(24647)/ Tunbridge Wells 01892 6(35884)

We will let you know when the site is up again.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

MTW Libraries

Resource of the Month: Trip database

Each month the Trust Library service will be promoting a different product available for all members of staff.

This month it is the turn of Trip database! (www.tripdatabase.com) Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care. Try it out at www.tripdatabase.com, no log in required from an NHS net PC! However you can register for an account to access MTW's full-text links from Trip, to save searches and to receive emails in your research area.

As well as research evidence, Trip also allows clinicians to search across other content types including images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news.

Read more about Trip and levels of evidence on their blog: https://blog.tripdatabase.com/

New books and journals update from ClinicalKey

II.        New books and journals ClinicalKey always has the latest information you need! Below is an overview of the July Content Additions: Book Title 2018 Intravenous Medications (Gahart, Betty) 34th ed; ISBN: 9780323297400; https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2.0-C20130152427 Breast Cancer Screening (Houssami, Nehmat) 1st ed; ISBN: 9780128022092; https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2.0-C2014002059X Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside (Zipes, Douglas) 7th ed; ISBN: 9780323447331; https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2.0-C20150040345 Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Handbook, The (Kern, Morton) 4th ed; ISBN: 9780323476713; https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2.0-C20150061482 Morrey’s The Elbow and Its Disorders (Morrey, Bernard) 5th ed; ISBN: 9780323341691; https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2.0-C20110066942 Mosby’s Dental Drug Reference (Jeske, Arthur) 12th ed; ISBN: 9780323481113; https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2.0-C20150062001 Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Long, Sarah) 5th ed; ISBN: 9780323401814; https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2.0-C20130190204 Sedation: A Guide to Patient Management (Malamed, Stanley) 6th ed; ISBN: 9780323400534; https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2.0-C20140036714 Journal Title Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition (Endocrinología, Diabetes y Nutrición, English Edition); Years of Coverage: 2017 to present; ISSN: 2530-0180; https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/journalIssue/25300180 For all books and journals that have recently been added to ClinicalKey please click here.

Next MTW Book Club: The Woman Upstairs- 1st August

The next book the MTW Book Club will be discussing is The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud (overview here). The Club is meeting on Tuesday 1st August at 5pm in Tunbridge Wells Hospital Library. All Welcome.

Please email Alison Millis (alison.millis@nhs.net or ext. 35994) for further details or to be added to the mailing list.

NEW- Updated procedures on ClinicalSkills.net

Here’s some news about the latest updates on clinicalskills.net!

All the procedures on Tracheostomy Care have been reviewed by the authors and updated. These procedures are:

Care of the individual with a tracheostomy: stoma care and cuff management

Care of the individual with a tracheostomy: suctioning

Care of the individual with a tracheostomy: humidification and oxygen therapy

Care of the individual with a tracheostomy: changing the inner tube

There have been few changes to the content of the procedures as a result of the update, but these procedures now reference the publication from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, “On the Right Trach?” (NCEPOD, 2014).

How to access

Access ClinicalSkills.net via the intranet (no log in required) or off-site at www.clinicalskills.net with an MTW NHS OpenAthens account. 

To find these procedures, just click on Procedures, then Adults and then Tracheostomy Care; or alternatively, click on Procedures and then put “Tracheostomy” in the Search field and click “Apply”.

Look out for new procedures coming soon!

www.clinicalskills.net

Display for July- Patient & Public Health Information

To tie in with Health Information Week #HIW2017 , the Library display for July is on Patient & Public Health Information. The bulletin is available here and the display is on show in both Trust Libraries.

The bulletin contains links to evidence-based websites and information for patients and the public. Websites listed in the bulletin include: NHS Choices, HealthWatch and Patient.co.uk plus support group information: click here to access the bulletin

Please contact the Library to find out more about the work we are doing on providing health information to patients and the public.