RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Duty of candour and communication during an infection control incident in a paediatric ward of a Scottish hospital: how can we do better?
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 160
OP 164
DO 10.1136/medethics-2020-106862
VO 48
IS 3
A1 Teresa Inkster
A1 John Cuddihy
YR 2022
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/48/3/160.abstract
AB Duty of candour legislation was introduced in Scotland in 2018. However, literature and experience of duty of candour when applied to infection control incidents/outbreaks is scarce. We describe clinician and parental perspectives with regard to duty of candour and communication during a significant infection control incident in a haemato-oncology ward of a children’s hospital. Based on the learning from this incident, we make recommendations for duty of candour and communication to patients and families during future infection control incidents. These include the need to consider a crisis management approach, the importance of not underestimating psychological harm in incidents of a prolonged duration and embedding the existing legislation pertaining to the rights of the child.There are no data in this work