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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Audit tool"”.
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The development of a retrospective neonatal clinical audit tool for transfers: a modified delphi study
… There is currently no standardised clinical audit tool to assess the risks and clinical quality of care provided during neonatal retrieval. An established clinical audit tool that could be used in further research to establish the safety of neonatal transfers in the South African context …
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An audit tool for relicensing inspection to assess quality and patient safety in eThekwini private hospitals
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Doctor of Nursing, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2018.
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Development and application of diabetes care (Type 2) indicators at primary level in the Cape Town metropole region
… to develop a multi-faceted, indicator-based audit tool to evaluate the structural, process and outcome dimensions of quality of care for Type 2 diabetes at primary level in Cape Town metropole region.
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Characterization of Oslds For Use In Small Field Photon Beam Dosimetry
… Physics Center (RPC) mailable remote audit tool used for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) single beam dosimetry. A prototype phantom was designed and built housing nanoDot (Landauer Inc., Glenwood, IL) Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>:C optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters (OSLDs) …
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Alignment between chronic disease policy and practice : case study at a primary care facility
… Disease Management policy (which includes an audit tool), using one primary health care facility in the Cape Town metropolis as a case study.
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A quality improvement cycle for acute bronchospasm in primary health care: Mitchell's Plain Community Health Centre, Cape Town
… Method: The study methodology was that of an audit cycle. Eligible patients were identified from the casualty admissions register. A total of 351 patients’ records were reviewed and compared to criteria based on the national guidelines. The initial findings were presented to the casualty …
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Exploring Gastro-oesophageal Reflux in Infants and Children
… information including patient information, an audit tool and costing template, including developing the ten important clinical questions, leading this through stakeholder feedback, robustly interpreting the evidence base to make national guidance and research recommendations (Article IV). I …
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Intravenous Extravasation Management
… of analysis used for this project involved a pre-audit and post-audit tool to assess for IV compliance safety. Pre in-service data showed infiltration rates were at 4% while other significant variables such as IV tubing not in use remains sterile were under 65% and intact dressing were below 80%. …
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Design for the environmental emergency: Plastic chairs and the transition to low-carbon product design
… research led me to develop a quantitative eco-audit tool to enable a comparison of these designs and demonstrate that the best outcomes for sustainable design incorporate existing materials (recycled plastics) and traditional moulding technologies. This tool is presented in this dissertation as …
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Development of the Multicultural Curriculum Appraisal (MCCA): A Process to Promote Multicultural Infusion into APA Accredited Doctoral Program Curriculum
… education and training standard, we created an audit tool, the Multicultural Curriculum Appraisal (MCCA) Tool, to capture the amount of multicultural education and training present in today's psychology programs. One important step is to understand the how much multicultural content psychology …
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Quality and extent of adherence on internal medicine discharge letters in a regional hospital in South Africa to prescribed guidelines. A retrospective audit
… of electronic discharge letters. Objectives: To audit the structure and contents of the electronic discharge summaries and find out to what extent they meet universally accepted criteria. Methodology: A retrospective clinical record audit of 60 patient records was conducted, spanning a period of …
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A Stakeholder Accepted Tool to Monitor and Measure Service Delivery in South Africa
… this study was to develop a stakeholder accepted tool to monitor and measure service delivery. The question underlying this research was what drives service delivery and its related protests and what makes it so problematic? The need for this study arose out of continued reports of these protests …
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Gram-positive infections in patients with end-stage renal disease
… infection was established with the Meditrend audit tool. This tool was used to assess the infection outcomes of catheter insertion and management procedures until the catheter was explanted. Introduction of a catheter management protocol decreased the incidence of catheter-related infection. …
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Caminhabilidade em cidades médias de relevo acentuado: comparação de instrumentos de avaliação em Viçosa/MG
… instrumentos de microcaminhabilidade Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS-A), Spotlight Virtual Audit Tool (S-VAT) e o Índice de Caminhabilidade (iCam). Os instrumentos que melhor apresentaram correlação com o desfecho (contagem de pessoas nas ruas), métrica de validade de construto, …
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Alcohol consumption among students in tertiary learning institutions : a case of Evelyn Hone college students.
… for the use and abuse of alcohol developed a tool to help understand issues surrounding alcohol consumption – the alcohol use disorder identification test (AUDIT). The AUDIT tool was used to understand the theory of planned behaviour and other alcohol consumption issues among students. The …
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Associations between physical activity of older adults and built environment features in and around parks: a Belfast case study
… <br/><br/>The study used the Community Park Audit Tool (CPAT) to measure quality of parks (n=70) which intersected with the 500m radial buffers of participants’ homes and deployed a GIS analysis to determine the walkability of surrounding hinterlands and neighbourhoods. Physical activity data …
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Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Urban Mobility (Non-Motorised Transport): A Case Study of Eveline Street in the Windhoek Municipality, Namibia
… direct observation and behavioral studies. The tools used included questionnaires, tally sheets, walkability audit tool, maps and photographs. The secondary data was obtained mainly through the literature review of the existing work by academic and researchers on NMT, land use and transport …