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Transplant Immunosuppression in the Perioperative Period
01 October 2022
As part of a series of blog posts surrounding World Patient Safety Day 2022's theme of 'Medication Safety', RCSEd Council Member and Surgeon (Associate Specialist) Majid Mukadam MBE and Organ Transplant Pharmacist Zah...
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Prophylactic Antibiotics for the Treatment of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections: Time to Consider the Alternatives?
30 September 2022
As part of a series of blog posts surrounding World Patient Safety Day 2022's theme of 'Medication Safety', Chair of the RSCEd Urology SSB and Consultant Urologist Neil Fenn looks at prophylactic antibiotics for the t...
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Anticholinergic Burden
30 September 2022
As part of a series of blog posts surrounding World Patient Safety Day 2022's theme of 'Medication Safety', RSA for the East of Scotland and Consultant Urological Surgeon Andrew Martindale looks at anticholinergic bu...
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Management of Anti-coagulants (“Blood Thinners”) Around the Time of Surgery
29 September 2022
As part of a series of blog posts surrounding World Patient Safety Day 2022's theme of 'Medication Safety', Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedics Surgeon Mr Haroon Rehman discusses the management of anti-coagulants (“...
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Venous Thromboembolism in Surgical Patients
29 September 2022
As part of a series of blog posts surrounding World Patient Safety Day 2022's theme of 'Medication Safety', Miss Fatima Mansour discusses venous thromboembolism in surgical patients. Venous thrombo-embolism (VTE) is...
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Medication Safety: Putting the Patient First
28 September 2022
Join us for a series of blog posts surrounding the 2022 World Patient Safety Day theme of Medication Safety. In this post, Paediatric Surgery Registrar and 2020-2021 RCSEd Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellow Miss Sesi...
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Medication Without Harm in Dentistry
27 September 2022
As part of a series of blog posts surrounding World Patient Safety Day 2022's theme of 'Medication Safety', Dental Representative on the Patient Safety Group Mrs Claire Morgan looks at medication without harm in denti...
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World Patient Safety Day 2022: Objectives and Resources
26 September 2022
To mark the WHO World Patient Safety Day 2022, RCSEd Council Member and Chair of the Patient Safety Group Miss Anna Paisey looks at the theme and objectives of this year's campaign, and outlines some of the College's...
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Helping to Improve Patient Safety
17 September 2021
The Patient Safety Group of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh are delighted to lend our enthusiastic support to the third World Patient Safety Day. This event, established by the World Health Organization in...
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Safe Childbirth: Why Do Women Die in Childbirth, and What You Can Do About It?
16 September 2021
The most common individual causes for maternal mortality worldwide are: haemorrhage (27.1%), hypertensive disorders (14.0%), sepsis (10.7%) and unsafe abortion (7.9%) (1). Of course, the distribution of maternal death...
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The Antenatal Clinic - Facilitating Safe Paediatric Surgical Care
15 September 2021
A look at Mrs Claire Clark, RCSEd Fellow and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, and the role of the antenatal clinic in facilitating safe paediatric surgical care. Antenatal screening, and the planning of the immediate...
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Mhairi Collie and the Uganda Childbirth Injury Fund
14 September 2021
This World Patient Safety Day we look at the works of Ms Mhairi Collie OBE, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital, and chair of the Uganda Childbirth Injury Fund. The theme of the 202...
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Transplant Immunosuppression in the Perioperative Period

Prophylactic Antibiotics for the Treatment of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections: Time to Consider the Alternatives?

Anticholinergic Burden

Management of Anti-coagulants (“Blood Thinners”) Around the Time of Surgery

Venous Thromboembolism in Surgical Patients

Medication Safety: Putting the Patient First

Medication Without Harm in Dentistry

World Patient Safety Day 2022: Objectives and Resources

Helping to Improve Patient Safety

Safe Childbirth: Why Do Women Die in Childbirth, and What You Can Do About It?

The Antenatal Clinic - Facilitating Safe Paediatric Surgical Care

Mhairi Collie and the Uganda Childbirth Injury Fund

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