Our Infection Prevention Team are preparing for Glove Awareness Week, important aspect of protective clothing for patients and staff safety.
One pair of gloves, one patient, one activity #HandHygiene#Sepsis
They don’t have a career with the #nhs to get rich. They want to care, help & support all patients. Often under appreciated but true heroes. Thank You just doesn’t seem enough #ambulance@OFFICIALWMAS ��️🚑❤️
ICU - Intensive caring to support life during temporary organ failure.
Palliative care - Intensive caring to support quality of life during irreversible, terminal organ failure.
#ordinarydying#withtheendinmind
Medicine @CV_UHB are driving towards that next exit #culturechange. Across UHW medicine wards today, 71% of patients got moving and 43% got dressed. These are great figures that I’m sure will continue to go up through the campaign and beyond #EndPJparalysis70
🎉 Today is 70 days until the NHS turns 70 years old🎉
In the run-up to the NHS’s 70th birthday celebrations on Thursday 5 July, the #NHS70Innovations campaign begins today! It will be shining the spotlight on a diverse range of existing and new innovations 👍
The NHS is celebrating its 70th birthday on 5 July 2018. Health in Wales would like to invite children from across Wales to take part in a drawing competition to mark this special occasion. View more details on the Health in Wales website https://t.co/rEZKCK4Psl
We're pleased that The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Alert on physical & verbal violence against health care workers. They reinforce the urgency to halt the cycle of harm and prevent, handle, and heal from incidents of violence in the workplace. #EndNurseAbuse
Two weeks deconditioning in the muscle of a healthy 42 year old with a knee injury. Imagine the damage done leaving frail patients in hospital beds! Get up, get dressed, get moving #EndPjParalysis#stopdeconditioning 🏃♂️
The longer you stay in hospital without moving around the harder it is to get back on your feet. Get up and get about to support your own wellbeing.
#endPJparalysis
Following the success of the now-permanent stall at the University Hospital of Wales, a brand new stall has been opened at University Hospital Llandough.
The new stall opened on Monday 9 April on a trial basis for six weeks.
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You can call 0845 46 47 at any time if you feel to unwell to gain fast, effective advice about what to do next #MyLocalHealth#ChooseWell
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“Too often we underestimate the power of touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest accomplishment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around” -Leo Buscaglia
#whatisnursing#studentnurse
Sound advice. Having been on the @NICEcomms committee developing guidelines on community pharmacies they play an important role in the health system and do so much more than dispense prescriptions https://t.co/wkBhGBUPUP
Your local pharmacy is fast & convenient service for minor health concerns with no appointment needed, often with use of private consultation room. Find out more how pharmacies can help you stay well this Easter, along with Easter opening times at https://t.co/lOA29y6N9j
Be careful if you're going to a farm this #lambing
season.
Infectious diseases – such as E. coli, cryptosporidiosis, Q fever,
listeriosis and toxoplasmosis – can be passed from lambs, goat kids and calves to humans through contact with faeces and body fluids.
Thank you to all who have followed so far - we are just getting things ready to launch officially in April but spread the word! Our hashtag is going to be #weSTNs ☺️