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Current Practice of Abbreviations. In Northern Ireland. To use abbreviations or not that is the question?????. Problems with using abbreviations. crypticness - making the communication harder for others to understand 2) ambiguity - having more than one possible interpretation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Current Practice of Abbreviations
In Northern Ireland
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To use abbreviations or not
that is the question?????
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Problems with using abbreviations
1) crypticness - making the communication harder for others to understand
2) ambiguity - having more than one possible interpretation
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Problems with using abbreviations
Regardless of their convenience, medical abbreviations have been responsible for serious
errors and deaths.
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According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
Over 7,000 deaths per year may be attributed to medication errors (Brehio, 2005).
The use of abbreviation and medical notation makes a significant contribution to this
statistic. The literature is filled with many examples of the problems arising from their
use.
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Frances Report - 2013
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Current Practice - NI
Is there a current policy for guidance and/or teaching in the use of Abbreviations held within the organisation?
SEHSCT NHSCT SHSCT WHSCT BHSCT QUB UUJ OU CEC
No No No No Yes No No No NoTwo policies
make reference to abbreviation
s i.e. at patient
check into theatre and
the site marking
policy
1. Policy for the safe use of abbreviations
2. speciality specific
Nephrology and Transplant
Do not teach abbreviations – therefore do not have a policy
But will assist students to understand what they mean
Regional Maternal Hand Held Record
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Current Practice - NI
• Is the policy/ policies for Uni or Multi-professional use?
SEHSCT NHSCT SHSCT WHSCT BHSCT QUB UUJ OU CEC
N/A N/A N/A N/A MultiProfession
al
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Maternal Hand Held Record – Multi-Professional Use
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Current Practice - NI
• Has an audit been completed on the adherence of any policy?
SEHSCT NHSCT SHSCT WHSCT BHSCT QUB UUJ OU CEC
N/A N/A N/A N/A No N/A N/A N/A N/A
Maternal Hand Held Record – Supervision Audit
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Current Practice - NI
In the absence of a policy, are abbreviations used throughout the organisation
SEHSCT NHSCT SHSCT WHSCT BHSCT
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Current PracticeWhat is the general view of the use of
abbreviations within the organisation?
• ‘Abbreviations are not recommended for use in our Trust’
• There are dangers in a lack of standardisation e.g DOA – ‘dead on arrival or date of admission’
• ‘The Trust has been wishing to address this matter but knew the regional group would be formed so we have not as yet tackled this issue’
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Current Practice - general view cont’d• ‘There needs to be defined easily understood
terminology for computers as they cannot interpret meaning, and are the future of record keeping’
• ‘Not all abbreviations are known outside specific disciplines, which can cause confusion at times’
• ‘Maybe there are some acceptable e.g TPR, BP, Temp’
• ‘A regional approach would be useful’
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Current Practice
What is the general opinion about the development of a regional policy for abbreviations?
All organisations welcomed this development
development of a regional policy on abbreviations for use by Nurses and feel the policy needs to go across professional boundaries
If you can do this well done
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Uncovering the meaning
GROUP WORK
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What does that mean?????
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Exercise One
Random selection of abbreviations
Each of these abbreviations has two meanings some have more...................
Can you decipher them?
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How did you do!!!!
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