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Family Practice Vol. 21, No. 4, 413-414
Family Practice Vol. 21, No. 4 © Oxford University Press 2004, all rights reserved.

Management of earwax in primary care—postal survey of UK GPs and practice nurses

Richard Coppina, Dorothy Wickea, Raj Mehtab and Paul Littlec

a The Surgery, Station Road, Overton, Hants RG25 3DZ, b Research and Development Support Unit, General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD and c Primary Medical Care, University of Southampton SO16 5ST, UK

E-mail: overtonsurgery@dial.pipex.com

Received 15 July 2003; Revised 19 November 2003; Accepted 10 March 2004.

Coppin R, Wicke D, Mehta R and Little P. Management of earwax in primary care—postal survey of UK GPs and practice nurses. Family Practice 2004; 21: 413–414.

Keywords. Ear wax management, postal survey, primary care.

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The management of symptomatic ear wax is a frequent demand on general practice,1 but is under-researched.2 Since an earlier survey of GPs in Scotland,3 there has been an increase in the number of practice nurses (PNs) in the UK4 and there seems to have been a trend away from traditional metal syringes towards electronic ear irrigators. As part of a project to improve ear wax management, we decided to survey a sample . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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