title: Intrauterine device insertions: setting our standards.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if the documentation for intrauterine device (IUD) insertions was satisfactory and to agree minimum standards for practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  A list was drawn up with minimum standards for documentation in the case notes. These were agreed at the clinical audit meeting. A retrospective analysis of case notes was done and a list completed for each IUD insertion.
  
  
  METHODS
  IUD fittings at all the Abacus clinics from 1 September 1999 to 31 October 1999.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 232 IUD insertions, the gold standard for documentation was met in 20%, however documentation of essential criteria was met 93% and all criteria 83% of the time. Each doctor received individual, confidential, comparative feedback.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We were able to agree a minimum standard for documentation to enhance adequate counselling, safe insertion, communication with colleagues and risk management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Arrowe Park Hospital, Upton, Wirral, UK. pradipasha@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Asha P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kasliwal
authors.forename: Anne M C
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003376:Counseling / Q000592:standards; D004282:Documentation; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007433:Intrauterine Device Expulsion; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000592:standards*; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies