[Risk assessment scale for pressure ulcers in pediatric patients: French translation, internal consistency, convergent validity, feasibility, and clinical utility of the Braden QD Scale].

Introduction: Pediatric patients are particularly vulnerable to pressure ulcers. Structured evaluation with a risk assessment tool is recommended in order to identify patients at risk. The Braden QD Scale integrates the risks of both immobility-related and medical device-related pressure ulcers in pediatric patients.

Effects of a pressure-ulcer audit and feedback regional programme at 1 and 2 years in nursing homes: A prospective longitudinal study.

Introduction: Pressure ulcer is a frequent complication in patients hospitalized in nursing homes and has a serious impact on quality of life and overall health. Moreover, ulcer treatment is highly expensive. Several studies have shown that pressure ulcer prevention is cost-effective.

Variation in pressure ulcer prevalence and prevention in nursing homes: A multicenter study.

Aim: To estimate the prevalence of pressure ulcers in nursing homes and its variability, the frequency of use of preventive measures and treatment.

Background: Pressure ulcer is a frequent pathology across healthcare settings. Most pressure ulcers are preventable and are considered an important quality of care indicator.

Is the Surgical Safety Checklist successfully conducted? An observational study of social interactions in the operating rooms of a tertiary hospital.

Objectives: To determine whether the items on the Time Out and the Sign Out of the Surgical Safety Checklist are properly checked by operating room (OR) staff and to explore whether the number of checked items is influenced by the severity of the intervention and the use of the checklist as a memory tool during the Time Out and the Sign Out periods.

Methods: From March to July 2010, data were collected during elective surgery at the Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland. The main outcome was to assess whether each item of the Time Out and the Sign Out checklists have been checked, that is, 'confirmed' by at least one member of the team and 'validated' by at least one other member of the team.

[Urinary incontinence: knowledge, mental representations and nursing practice. A survey in Geneva's University Hospital].

Introduction: This article presents the results of a survey led by senior nurses at Geneva's University Hospital in 2007, in acute and long-term care.

Aim: The aim was to identify obstacles and nursing resources available for patients with urinary incontinence (UI) in order to improve their care. METHOD; A questionnaire was sent to 3300 health care professionals: doctors, nurses, midwives and auxiliary nurses, with a response rate of 55%.

[Nursing notes: what do they contribute to the quality of medical records?].

Treatment records are preferential tools in nursing care. Depending on the setting, its development has gained greater importance during the last thirty years. In the environment of an organization in charge of the computerization of patient files, an evaluation was conducted on the contents of the anamneses and daily observations of nurses.

Screening for pressure ulcer risk in an acute care hospital: development of a brief bedside scale.

To derive a brief bedside pressure ulcer prediction tool for patients admitted to acute care hospitals, we conducted a prospective study of first pressure ulcer incidence among 1,190 consecutive patients hospitalized in selected wards of a Swiss teaching hospital. Baseline predictors included patient age and items from the Norton and Braden ulcer prediction scales. During follow-up, 170 patients developed new pressure ulcers.