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26 October 2015
Guideline
Infectious Diseases
Workplace wellbeing
This guideline focuses on managing varicella zoster virus (chicken pox and shingles) in the workplace, providing evidence-based guidance for occupational health professionals. Separate summary leaflets provide advice to employees and employers dealing with varicella zoster virus in the workplace, with specific advice for those in the healthcare sector.
26 October 2015
Guideline
Workplace wellbeing
The term ‘upper limb disorders’ covers a large number of musculoskeletal conditions that affect the shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist or hand. This national guideline offers evidence-based advice on the management of four upper limb disorders in the workplace: carpal tunnel syndrome, non-specific arm pain, tenosynovitis and lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow).The guideline is accompanied by summary leaflets for employers, employees and health care professionals.
26 October 2015
Guideline
Dermatology
Workplace wellbeing
This national guideline offers evidence-based advice on the management of dermatitis in the workplace. It provides advice on the risk of colonisation and transmission of infection from skin lesions, interventions to improve the condition of the skin, and workplace-based health surveillance for the early detection of symptoms and signs.
26 October 2015
Guideline
Allergy
Workplace wellbeing
This national guideline summarises evidence and is intended to assist occupational health professionals, managers and other interested parties in providing advice on occupational health interventions and to address the problem of latex allergy from both individual and institutional perspectives. The evidence based guideline is concerned particularly with issues relating to gloves, as these represent the main occupational use of latex.The guideline is accompanied by summary leaflets for employers, employees and health care professionals.
19 December 2017
Working party report
Acute medicine
Patient safety
NEWS (National early warning score)
NEWS2 is the latest version of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS), first produced in 2012 and updated in December 2017, which advocates a system to standardise the assessment and response to acute illness.
26 October 2015
Report
Health informatics
This guide was produced in 2007 to support clinicians in Wales who have been presented with analyses of hospital activity data describing their practice. Specifically, to support the provision and interpretation of individual clinicians’ data.This guide was developed through a clinical coding project conducted across Wales, England and Scotland to examine the potential use of hospital activity data to support consultant appraisal.
2 July 2019
Report
Health informatics
This guide was produced in 2007 to summarise the 10 most important ways in which clinicians can assist the process of clinical coding. Each is based on the basic principles behind coding clear, accurate information about all diagnoses and procedures in order to produce a true picture of hospital activity.This guide was developed through a clinical coding project conducted across Wales, England and Scotland to examine the potential use of hospital activity data to support consultant appraisal.
21 August 2018
Report
Health informatics
The standards for the clinical structure and content of patient records were developed through extensive consultation to ensure that they address the requirements of clinicians, patients, carers and health information technology professionals.
21 June 2016
Report
Health informatics
This report, published in April 2013, sets the standards for medication and medical device records.
19 May 2016
Report
Health informatics
This report, published in April 2013, is the technical annex to the healthcare record standards.