Measuring the Interprofessional Health of the Pediatric Cardiovascular Operating Room Work Environment.

Introduction: Pediatric cardiac surgery is complex and has significant risk, requiring interprofessional teamwork for optimal outcomes. Unhealthy work environments have been linked to poor patient outcomes, staff dissatisfaction, and intention to leave. We describe the interprofessional health of pediatric cardiovascular operating room (CVOR) work environments in the United States and the establishment of a healthy work environment (HWE) benchmark score.

Monitoring the health of the work environment with a daily assessment tool: the REAL - Relative Environment Assessment Lens - indicator.

Background: Evidence shows that the health of the work environment impacts staff satisfaction, interdisciplinary communication, and patient outcomes. Utilising the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' Healthy Work Environment standards, we developed a daily assessment tool.

Methods: The Relative Environment Assessment Lens (REAL) Indicator was developed using a consensus-based method to evaluate the health of the work environment and to identify opportunities for improvement from the front-line staff.

Efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production by platinum-loaded carbon-doped cadmium indate nanoparticles.

Undoped and carbon doped cadmium indate (CdIn(2)O(4)) powders were synthesized using a sol-gel pyrolysis method and evaluated for hydrogen generation activity under UV-visible irradiation without the use of a sacrificial reagent. Each catalyst powder was loaded with a platinum cocatalyst in order to increase electron-hole pair separation and promote surface reactions. Carbon-doped indium oxide and cadmium oxide were also prepared and analyzed for comparison.