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Intrauterine device insertions: setting our standards.

Asha P Kasliwal·Anne M C Webb
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OBJECTIVE: To determine if the documentation for intrauterine device (IUD) insertions was satisfactory and to agree minimum standards for practice. METHOD: A list was drawn up with minimum standards for documentation in the case notes. These were agreed at the clinical audit meeting. A retrospective analysis of case notes was done and a list completed for each IUD insertion. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: IUD fittings at all the Abacus clinics from 1 September 1999 to 31 October 1999. RESULTS: Of the 232 IUD insertions, the gold standard for documentation was met in 20%, however documentation of essential criteria was met 93% and all criteria 83% of the time. Each doctor received individual, confidential, comparative feedback. CONCLUSION: We were able to agree a minimum standard for documentation to enhance adequate counselling, safe insertion, communication with colleagues and risk management.

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Asha P Kasliwal, Anne M C Webb. 2002. Intrauterine device insertions: setting our standards.. https://doi.org/10.1783/147118902101196342

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