[City-hospital link, strengthening the safety of technical oncological care at home]. / Lien ville-hôpital, renforcer la sécurisation des soins techniques oncologiques à domicile.

The return back home of certain patients treated for cancer in the palliative phase requires efficient coordination of caregivers in order to guarantee the well-being of patients and the quality and safety of the care provided. Two hospital coordination nurses have developed a quality approach that aims to reinforce the security of technical care at home in a perfect coordination of all the city-hospital contributors.

[Evaluation of professional practice in the context of Covid-19]. / L'évaluation des pratiques professionnelles appliquée au contexte de la Covid-19.

An evaluation of professional practices was carried out in a cancer centre in the wake of the management of the health crisis linked to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic. Hospital teams questioned the relevance of the measures adopted, internally and during home care, to manage suspected or confirmed Covid-19 patients and prevent contagion for all.

[Patient education in the prevention of febrile aplasia in oncology]. / L'éducation thérapeutique du patient en prévention de l'aplasie fébrile en oncologie.

Therapeutic education helps patients develop new skills to understand and manage their disease, their treatments and thereby improve their quality of life. This article presents the example of a therapeutic education workshop aimed at recognising the warning signs of febrile aplasia, to optimise its treatment and to reduce morbidity and mortality in this major complication in oncology.