Medication ward round tabard
Senior nurse Ian Davidson and matron Lorraine Hourd at Derby Hospitals staff have devised a unique tabard for nurses to wear while carrying out medication rounds on the ward.
The tabard is believed to be the first of its kind in the country that is made from a material which can be wiped down to prevent the spread of hospital associated infections.
Ian and Lorraine came up with idea of the tabards, which say ‘drug round, do not disturb’, after reviewing the current tabards worn by nurses at Derby Hospitals.
The aim of the new tabards is to improve patient safety by reducing the number of potential errors which can occur if a nurse is disturbed with a non-urgent enquiry while measuring out a patient’s medication. Nurses will still interact with the patients they are administering the medication to, but non-urgent enquiries from patients and visitors will be dealt with by other staff on the wards.
For more information, see this link http://www.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk/about-us/latest-news/news-archive/derbys-innovative-tabard-is-first-of-its-kind-in-the-country/
