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Mask and eye protection breaks to ease strain on Radiation Therapy staff
A new staff wellbeing initiative is on trial in the Radiation Therapy unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) and aims to alleviate the strain of personal protective gear on staff. The ‘Green 15’ initiative encourages Radiation Therapy staff to head outside for...
Inflammatory bowel disease with Professor Jane Andrews
Video series: Ask the ExpertIn this episode we ask gastroenterologist, Professor Jane Andrews, some common questions about inflammatory bowel disease.We learn about:what inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ishow IBD differs from irritable bowel syndromehow diet can...
Integrated cardiac care with Professor Jeroen Hendriks
Video series: Translating Research In this episode we speak to Professor Jeroen Hendriks about his research into integrated chronic care management in cardiac care. We learn about: heart rhythm diseases atrial fibrillation — the most common form of cardiac...
Exercise is medicine for breast cancer patients
Researchers at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) and the University of South Australia (UniSA) have found that women with breast cancer are more fearful of exercise, which may prevent some from benefitting from the important and safe aspect of treatment. ...
Building our Aboriginal workforce to help provide culturally safe services
Increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in health is key to providing culturally safe health services and Central Adelaide Local Health Network has outlined its commitment to achieving this. Launched this week, the Aboriginal...
Coding Matters video series: Minor changes to clinical documentation produce major benefits
Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) doctors have launched a series of educational videos to help clinical staff improve their documentation and coding, reaping major benefits for funding, research and clinical performance. Minor improvements in the written language of...
Helping patients to recover in their own home
To help patients in their recovery and to ensure they don’t stay in hospital longer than they need to, Central Adelaide has implemented a new model of care where some assessments can be performed at home. Used in the UK and Australia’s eastern states, the...
RAH nursing key to new particle therapy clinical quality registry
The Australian Particle Therapy Clinical Quality Registry has launched this week and nurses at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), Department of Radiation Oncology, will be essential to the vital cancer therapy research. The registry will provide the valuable data...
Support available for women with pelvic mesh injury
South Australian women who are experiencing complications from pelvic mesh can access help from the Pelvic Mesh Clinic at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Complications arising from the use of transvaginal meshes in the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse and urinary...
Vaccination of household contacts is key to protect kidney transplant recipients
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) have a 1000-fold lower response to COVID-19 vaccination, and vaccinating household contacts is the best strategy to protect this immunocompromised group. Due their need for immunosuppressive therapy, as well as underlying...
RAH & TQEH Australia’s first public hospitals to use real-time data monitoring system
Two hospitals within the Central Adelaide LHN (CALHN) have become the first public hospitals in Australia to implement a real-time data monitoring system which provides advanced warning to medical staff of patient deterioration. The Ainsoff system monitors a host...
Innovative orientation program to support new CALHN staff
Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) will deliver a comprehensive week-long orientation program next week for more than 210 new nurses and patient assistance officers, one of the largest intakes in CALHN’s history. Working in small groups, the new...
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