An audit of environmental health calls to a department of public health medicine.

Abstract:

PURPOSE:To audit telephone calls concerning general issues in communicable disease control and environmental health to a department of public health medicine. SETTING:A department of public health medicine in a district with a population of 190,000 during 1993. METHOD:A retrospective audit of forms designed to record all calls concerning environmental health and communicable disease control. The intervention was a change in design of forms and education of doctors dealing with the calls. A re-audit was done after these changes had been implemented. RESULTS:The number of recorded calls increased from 1.75 (1992) to 3.29 (mid-1993) per week. Signing of forms increased from 61% to 83% and dating from 6% to 72%. All forms filled in by registrars or senior registrars were reviewed by the Consultant in Communicable Disease Control (CCDC). Very few calls were considered to be inappropriate. DISCUSSION:The increase in the number of calls was probably artefactual owing to better recording as a result of the audit. Improved recording will help in future training and audit, and be a medico-legal safeguard.

journal_name

Public Health

journal_title

Public health

authors

Chappel D,Fernandes V

doi

10.1016/s0033-3506(95)80044-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-11-01 00:00:00

pages

413-6

issue

6

eissn

0033-3506

issn

1476-5616

pii

S0033-3506(95)80044-1

journal_volume

109

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