Effective drain care and management in community settings.

This article describes the rationale for drain insertion and its associated complications. It uses a case study to illustrate how suboptimal drain monitoring and documentation can negatively affect patient care and safety. This article also discusses several important issues raised in the case study, such as suboptimal documentation, and how these may have consequences for nurses, teams and healthcare organisations. Recognition of these elements supports initiatives that nurses could apply to practice to reduce the occurrence of similar incidents.
PMID: 31777241 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Nursing Standard - November 27, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Gibson SL, Lillie AK Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research