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Doreen Langford describes how a group of community practice teachers (CPTs) audited their work. Nine professional standards for the training of health visitor students were agreed and success in meeting those standards assessed using Donabedian's model of evaluation.
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The number of cadaveric kidneys currently available for transplantation is insufficient. Therefore, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) undertook a collaborative project with the two transplant programs in Georgia to increase te retrieval of cadaveric kidneys. We used retrospective analysis to select productive hospitals, hospital-specific surveillance systems to identify potential donors, and procurement and retrieval evaluation to identify preventable deficiencies. During 900 hospital months of prospective surveillance, we identified a total of 555 potential donors by death record review, giving a potential donor rate of 2.3 donors/100 deaths (110 kidneys/million population/year). We observed an increase in the number of referrals, consent obtained from next of kin, and kidneys retrieved. This period of intensive activity demonstrated that additional kidneys can be retrieved by using systematic methods.
An epidemiologic model is developed to describe the incidence, prevalence, and mortality of diabetes. Available data are reviewed, analyzed, and applied to the model. The model provides a framework for understanding diabetes on a population basis, and is useful in identifying needs and facilitating health care planning.
South Tees Health Authority is one of 12 pilot sites for quality assurance. Most staff in the community and mental health unit are involved with the setting of professional standards. This article describes health visitors' experience of peer audit, carried out on one of the standards set within their quality assurance standard setting group. The nine health visitors attached to general practices serving Redcar and the surrounding district set professional standards based on Donabedian's structure, process and outcome model. Standards were set in areas such as communication, immunisation, health promotion, and child health clinics.
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