The feasibility of developing a standards rating system for all Australian government aged care homes.

Aims and objectives.  The main objective of this project was to investigate the likelihood of creating an easily understood rating system for all aged care homes. A secondary objective was to canvas the feasibility of alternative systems that could better inform aged care consumers.

Corporate crisis management managing a major crisis in a chemical facility.

Chemical sites should have well trained and organized emergency response plans to manage an incident within the plant or during transport. The implementation of an incident command system utilizing either internal resources or external response through mutual aid agreements is generally sufficient to address the direct impact of an event on the site. When the site resources become overwhelmed in addressing resulting issues such as press releases, medical advice/support, employees and family support, Agency notifications, etc, Corporate should be ready and able to respond.

A pilot randomised controlled comparison of continuous veno-venous haemofiltration and extended daily dialysis with filtration: effect on small solutes and acid-base balance.

Background And Aims: Continuous veno-venous haemofiltration (CVVH) is an established treatment for acute renal failure (ARF). Recently, extended intermittent dialytic techniques have been proposed for the treatment of ARF. The aim of this study was to compare these two approaches.

Blood flow reductions during continuous renal replacement therapy and circuit life.

Objective: Reductions in blood flow rate may occur undetected during peristaltic pumping of blood through continuous renal replacement therapy circuits. We investigated whether undetected reductions in blood flow rate occur during continuous veno-venous haemofiltration, and whether they are correlated with filter life.

Patients: Twelve patients receiving continuous veno-venous haemofiltration in the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital.

A technique for the monitoring of blood flow during continuous haemofiltration.

Objective: To establish a technique for the monitoring and graphic display of blood flow during continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).

Design And Setting: Technique assessment study in a tertiary intensive care unit.

Patients: Six ICU patients receiving CRRT.