NHS Evidence has published some case studies of innovative practices so that organisations can learn from one another. Also the Cochrane Topics section has some ‘implications for practice’ to help inform local practices. Recent additions include:
Emergency day surgery: Improving productivity and reducing bed days
Decreasing missed doses: To improve patient safety and outcomes
Avoiding unnecessary referral for glaucoma: use of a repeat measurement scheme
Prevention of inpatient falls: systematic risk assessment and reduction programme
Corticosteroids for treating severe sepsis and septic shock
Non-pharmacological interventions for breathlessness in advanced stages of malignant and non-malignant diseases
Pulmonary artery catheters for adult patients in intensive care
Colloids versus crystalloids for fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients