The podiatry department have the following resources available for Care Home Staff to help manage the health of your residents’ feet. Basic training/Resources for new Care homes The podiatry department will provide a new Care Home package when we are notified after the opening or upon Care Home request. This package includes: Covering letter, Basic
Factors known to Significantly Affect Performance Cytogenetic investigations require the culture of living cells and therefore multiple factors may result in failure to obtain a cytogenetic result; Cytogenetic Analysis Cytogenetic analysis is the visual inspection of a series of bands along the length of the chromosomes. Generally blood samples give the best quality chromosomes and
This service supports the effective use of a wide range of medical devices by providing professional scientific and technical support and advice. The service focuses on the medical devices themselves, their characteristics and limitations, and on their application in a clinical environment. Objective advice on the whole life-cycle management of medical devices is provided in
It can be a challenge if you are new or unfamiliar with TURAS to locate certain information. To help we have provided a few tips below to help you find the resources required prior to attending the PERSON-CENTRED APPROACH to DEMENTIA session TURAS TURAS is a digital learning platform developed by National Education Scotland (NES)
Inherited metabolic disorders health conditions that they are passed from parents to their children. There are many different types of inherited metabolic disorders. It is hard to test for every disorder. The blood spot test will check for 6 inherited metabolic disorders. Your midwife will tell you more about this. Babies with inherited metabolic disorders
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St Columba’s Hospice Care can provide specialist palliative care support to care homes in North Edinburgh but also supports care homes through the virtual education and support model ECHO – Extensions for Community Health Outcomes. Along with many other Hospices in the UK, St Columba’s Hospice Care uses the ECHO model to widen access to palliative
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