A study conducted across 55 hospitals in Queensland suggests that a recent state policy to introduce a minimum ratio of one nurse to four patients for day shifts has successfully improved patient care, with a 7% drop in the chance of death and readmission and a 3% reduction in length of stay for every one less patient a nurse has on their workload. These reductions resulted in the cost savings.
The study compared 27 hospitals where the policy was implemented with 28 hospitals where it wasn’t.
“Despite some evidence that more nurses in hospitals could benefit patient safety, similar policies have not been widely implemented across the globe, partly due to an absence of data on the long-term effects and costs, as well as limited resources,” the study authors said.
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Focus should be on fixing vaccine supply rather than creating public-private divide
‘No one is safe till everyone is safe’ has been a key lesson of this pandemic, and as we battle this deadly second wave of Covid-19 in India, it’s vital for us to vaccinate as much of our adult population as possible, and do this with speed and safely.
Now is not the time to create a division or split between private and public, when, in fact, an inclusive method involving as many healthcare providers as possible would help us make the world’s most ambitious vaccination drive successful. Though it began as a tightly centralised affair, the government recently opened up its inoculation drive for the 18-45 age group at private facilities with the objective to accelerate the rate of vaccinations, enable a possible plateauing of infection spread wherever possible to flatten the curve. This is a welcome move as India’s infection rates have crossed over 400,000. The healt