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| Jed DuffSummaryAffiliation: St Vincent's Hospital Country: Australia Publications
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Prevention of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients: analysis of reduced cost and improved clinical outcomesJed Duff
St Vincent s Private Hospital, Sydney, Australia
J Vasc Nurs 31:9-14. 2013..We conclude that improved adherence to evidence-based guidelines for VTE prophylaxis is achievable and is likely to result in fewer deaths, fewer VTE events, and a significant overall cost saving...
Preventing hypothermia in elective arthroscopic shoulder surgery patients: a protocol for a randomised controlled trialJed Duff
St Vincent s Private Hospital, and Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent s and Mater Health Sydney Australian Catholic University, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
BMC Surg 12:14. 2012..This trial will investigate the effect of these interventions on patients' temperature, thermal comfort, and total recovery time...
Translating venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention evidence into practice: a multidisciplinary evidence implementation projectJed Duff
Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent s Private Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 8:30-9. 2011..Despite the widespread availability of best practice guidelines on VTE prevention, we found that only 49% of our patients were receiving appropriate prophylaxis...
Preventing inadvertent hypothermia: comparing two protocols for preoperative forced-air warmingKerry Anne Cobbe
Day Surgery Unit, St Vincent s Private Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Perianesth Nurs 27:18-24. 2012..When asked, participants preferred protocol A to B (70% to 30%). Starting at higher device settings appears the more favorable of the two approaches...
Improving the safety and efficacy of warfarin therapy in a metropolitan private hospital: a multidisciplinary practice improvement projectJed Duff
Clinical Research Fellow, St Vincent s Private Hospital, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent s and Mater Health Sydney, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Contemp Nurse 35:234-44. 2010..The aim of this project was to improve warfarin management through the application of the best available evidence. The project was undertaken in a 250 bed acute care metropolitan private hospital...
Testing the effect of a targeted intervention on nurses' compliance with "best practice" mechanical venous thromboembolism preventionFrancesca Li
Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent s Private Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
J Vasc Nurs 28:92-6. 2010..More work is needed to increase the compliance rate with medical patients...
Nurses report a healthy culture: results of the Practice Environment Scale (Australia) in an Australian hospital seeking Magnet recognitionKim Walker
Nursing Research Institute, Australian Catholic University, St Vincent s Private Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Nurs Pract 16:616-23. 2010....
