STRENGTHENING OPEN DISCLOSURE AFTER INCIDENTS IN MATERNITY CARE: A REALIST SYNTHESIS OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EVIDENCE

Strengthening open disclosure after incidents in maternity care: a realist synthesis of international research evidence

Abstract Background Open Disclosure (OD) is open and timely communication about harmful events arising from health care with those affected.It is an entitlement of service-users and an aspect of their recovery, as well as an important dimension of service safety improvement.Recently, OD in maternity care in the English National Health Service has b

read more

Assessment of Entrepreneurship education: A pilot study

Many institutions embark on entrepreneurship education, as ultimately start-ups benefit economic growth; but institutions unfortunately lack tools and benchmarks for assessing the quality of their programmes.The uniqueness of different programmes, however, does not allow meaningful comparative assessment between them, so this study applies an asses

read more

Metformin as adjunctive therapy in combination with multidrug treatment for multibacillary leprosy: A protocol for a randomized double-blind, controlled Phase 2 trial in Indonesia (MetLep Trial) [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Background The clinical management of leprosy is complicated by leprosy reactions (LR) causing irreversible nerve damage and disabilities.LR often require long-term use of corticosteroids causing serious side effects.Adjunct host-directed therapy (HDT) is a potentially attractive strategy in leprosy to prevent LR and associated immunopathology, mod

read more

Out-of-Plane Tensile Properties of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)

A systematic investigation is still lacking for tension out-of-plane in cross laminated timber (CLT), as Meal Delivery Carts a planar timber construction product.The objectives of the present study are the determination of the tensile properties of CLT made of Norway spruce, the identification of essential product-specific influencing parameters an

read more