Attitudes of Australian neonatologists to resuscitation of extremely preterm infants.

Aim: We aimed to investigate how Australian neonatologists made decisions when incompetent patients of different ages needed resuscitation.

Methods: A survey including vignettes of eight incompetent patients requiring resuscitation was sent to 140 neonatologists. Patients ranged from a very preterm infant to 80 years old.

Improving compliance with pulse oximetry alarm limits for very preterm infants?

Objective: To determine if participation in a randomised controlled trial of different oxygen saturation targets improved compliance with oximeter alarm limit guidelines.

Design: Eligible infants were born after the commencement of the BOOST II trial. Data on alarm limits were collected on all infants <32 weeks' gestational age or birth weight <1500 g, who were born at The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne between February and June 2007, and receiving supplemental oxygen at the time of the audit.

Customization of a standard practice management software program to satisfy the needs of a dental hygiene program.

The University of New England (UNE) Dental Hygiene Program converted from a paper format to a digital format to manage the daily, dental hygiene clinic transactions. The use of this practice management software created new opportunities to enhance the program's teaching mission, monitor the progress of individual students, and facilitate the data collection necessary to meet accreditation standards. This report will describe how this dental hygiene program customized a standard practice management software program to enhance the specific requirements of a clinical teaching institution.