| PARTNERSHIP INFORMATION
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| Increasing Patient Safety through Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Malawi – iPSUM
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| Countries
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Malawi
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Germany
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| Cities
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Blantyre
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Hamburg
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| Partner institutions
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Hospital: The College of Medicine; Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital
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Hospital: University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
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| Intervention area
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| Partnership approach
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Service delivery, Institutional strengthening, Under/Postgraduate education, Mentoring, Operational research
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| Duration
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July / 2017 - April / 2019
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| Total budget
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109.940 EUR
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| Contact
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Dr S. Jordan; Dr B. Kreuels (s.jordan@uke.de und b.kreuels@uke.de)
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| Project description
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In order to increase patient safety at Queen Elizabeth Cen-tral Hospital (QECH), a mixed team of Malawian and Ger-man clinicians are introducing Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in daily clinical routine. The goal of the partnership is to ensure the continuous and consistent use of POCUS in order to improve the quality of care at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital.
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| Fact sheet
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