Partnering for prevention: a Pressure Ulcer Prevention Collaborative project.

In a statewide initiative, coordinated by the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) Quality Institute, hospitals together with nursing home and home care agencies were asked to participate in a Pressure Ulcer Prevention Collaborative. The goal of this collaborative was to decrease the incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers across the state by 25% within a 12-month period. This article discusses the rationale for the Collaborative as well as the requirements and implementation of the initiative within Community Medical Center's Home Health Program.

[Post-academic dental specialties. 15. Prevention of coronal leakage after placement of lining cement].

One of the main origins of unsuccesful endodontic treatment is coronal leakage. In the prevention of coronal leakage a good sealing restoration seems mandatory. The effect of 2 types lining cement used as coronal barrier on filled root canals was studied over time.

[Epidemiological data on severely injured patients; a retrospective study of the period 1985-1989].

Objective: To describe the epidemiological data of a group of multiple injured patients.

Setting: University Hospital, Groningen.

Design: Retrospective, descriptive.

A Turbo Pascal program to convert ICD-9CM coded injury diagnoses into injury severity scores: ICDTOAIS.

Diagnoses of injuries as a result of trauma are commonly coded by means of the International Classification of Diseases (9th rev.) Clinical Modification (ICD-9CM). The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) is frequently employed to assess the severity of injury per body region.

[Comparison of 2 scales in the assessment of injury severity in seriously injured patients].

We compared the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS-85) and the Hospital Trauma Index (HTI) in seriously injured patients. The effect of these scales on the application of Injury Severity Scores (ISS) was investigated. Furthermore, the predictive value on mortality of the AIS/ISS and the HTI/ISS was determined.