Volume 32 Number 17 ◆ 21 September 2023–11 October 2023

CLINICAL

832 SEPTIC PULMONARY EMBOLI:

A CASE DISCUSSION Rowena Rowberry and Gerri Mortimore

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT INSIDE

S1 ONCOLOGY SUPPLEMENT

Between pages 856 and 857

FOCUS: INFECTION PREVENTION

818 DISINFECTION TECHNOLOGY

Using photon disinfection technologies for reducing bioburden in hospitals Mohamed Niroz Mohamed Nazeer and Teija-Kaisa Aholaakko

826 HEPATITIS C

Reducing health inequalities by improving access to hepatitis C testing and treatment in marginalised populations Eugenia Moyo-Hlahla and Beth Crossland

830 HANDWASHING

Hand hygiene: simplify the procedure and suppor t staff to comply George Winter

PROFESSIONAL

840 MEDICATION SAFETY

Identifying barriers and enablers for a robust independent second check of medication in adult intensive care Vladimir Milic et al

REGULARS

815 EDITORIAL

Protecting whistleblowers Ian Peate

816 COMMENT

Simulation: let’s get real Samantha McCormack and Phill Hoddinott

850 LEGAL

The provision of aftercare under the Mental Health Act 1983 Richard Griffith

852 PATIENT SAFETY

Determining what good looks like in patient safety John Tingle

854 COMMENT

Key changes to NMC programme standards: an oppor tunity for progress Amanda Garrow et al

857 FOSTER’S PHILOSOPHY

Raising the profile of nurse leadership Sam Foster td

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