The V-RAMP Program: Building Research Administration and Management Capacity in Nigeria.

The increasing volume and complexity of research activities in Nigeria necessitates urgent measures to improve research infrastructure in grants administration and management. The anderbilt-Nigeria esearch dministration and anagement Training rogram (V-RAMP) seeks to build infrastructure capacity in research administration and management and research ethics at a major teaching hospital in Nigeria. We will perform a mixed methods needs assessment of the administrative and management environment and develop an action plan to address infrastructure needs, prioritize processes, and guide program implementation.

Introducing intensive insulin therapy: the nursing perspective.

Intensive insulin therapy (IIT) for the management of high blood glucose can reduce mortality and morbidity in the critically ill. However, there is little published literature on how to implement it successfully. The aim of this study is to chronicle the development and difficulties encountered in implementing an IIT protocol in a critical care unit in a district general hospital.

Rethinking sterilization practices: evidence for event-related outdating.

A prospective study was conducted during a 2-year period to evaluate the effectiveness of event-related outdating. Hospital-prepared sterilized items (n = 152) were shelved in wards and every 3 months, several articles were retrieved and microbiologically tested. During the 2-year period, all of the items tested were sterile.