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A useful audit follows the claim from research to the consultation and the client’s decision.</description></item><item><title>How to read a laser hair-reduction study without stopping at the headline</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/kak-chitat-issledovanie-o-lazernoy-epilyatsii/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/kak-chitat-issledovanie-o-lazernoy-epilyatsii/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-07-11T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-07-11</dc:date><dc:creator>Cian Murphy</dc:creator><category>Evidence reviews</category><description>A conclusion is only as useful as the participants, device, comparison, outcome definition, follow-up and missing data behind it. Reading those layers turns a dramatic percentage into a decision the clinic can actually defend.</description></item><item><title>Nine Questions for a Senior Practitioner Before Changing the Plan</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/voprosy-starshemu-masteru-do-izmeneniya-plana/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/voprosy-starshemu-masteru-do-izmeneniya-plana/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-07-10T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-07-10</dc:date><dc:creator>Ethan Cole</dc:creator><category>Team training</category><description>Asking for help works best when the question carries the client, area, device, response, evidence, and boundary of authorisation with it. Nine well-placed questions turn uncertainty into a safe handover instead of a request for a number.</description></item><item><title>Pregnancy and laser hair reduction: why a planned treatment is usually postponed</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/beremennost-i-lazernaya-epilyatsiya/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/beremennost-i-lazernaya-epilyatsiya/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-06-19T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-06-19</dc:date><dc:creator>Aoife O&#39;Sullivan</dc:creator><category>Safety</category><description>Postponement is not based on proof that hair-removal lasers harm a pregnancy. It is a cautious decision made because direct safety data for an elective procedure are inadequate, the benefit can wait, and the treatment plan may change during pregnancy.</description></item><item><title>When a client is hard of hearing: a visual stop signal and a written plan</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/vizualnyy-stop-signal-dlya-klienta/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/vizualnyy-stop-signal-dlya-klienta/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-06-18T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-06-18</dc:date><dc:creator>Aoife O&#39;Sullivan</dc:creator><category>Accessibility and ethics</category><description>Spoken instructions are not reliable if the client cannot consistently hear them over equipment, through protective eyewear or from a turned position. Agree on a visible or tactile backup before treatment begins.</description></item><item><title>Handing a client over between practitioners: a map that can be continued</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/peredacha-klienta-mezhdu-masterami/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/peredacha-klienta-mezhdu-masterami/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-06-17T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-06-17</dc:date><dc:creator>Citiwell Serbia Russian Editorial Team</dc:creator><category>Team training</category><description>The next practitioner needs more than previous settings. A useful handover shows the goal, boundaries, decision logic, response, unresolved questions, and the point where the new visit begins.</description></item><item><title>A missed strip or an overlap: why an area should not be impulsively “finished”</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/propusk-ili-perekrytie-zony/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/propusk-ili-perekrytie-zony/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-06-16T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-06-16</dc:date><dc:creator>Citiwell Serbia Editorial Team</dc:creator><category>Safety</category><description>A visible line after treatment does not explain what happened. Before any repeat exposure, preserve the treatment map, separate an impression from evidence and assess added exposure through the pathway for the exact device.</description></item><item><title>Instructions without overload: plain language and a real understanding check</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/prostaya-instruktsiya-i-proverka-ponimaniya/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/prostaya-instruktsiya-i-proverka-ponimaniya/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-05-26T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-05-26</dc:date><dc:creator>Aoife O&#39;Sullivan</dc:creator><category>Communication and service</category><description>A short sequence that someone can act on is more precise than a dense page of prohibitions. The practitioner checks meaning by asking the client to describe the next step, not by asking “Is that clear?”</description></item><item><title>The shift-closing log: device, room, stock and unresolved questions</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/zhurnal-zakrytiya-smeny/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/zhurnal-zakrytiya-smeny/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-05-13T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-05-13</dc:date><dc:creator>Citiwell Serbia Editorial Team</dc:creator><category>Foundations and professional practice</category><description>The last client has left, but the shift is not finished. A useful closing record confirms the condition of equipment and the room, separates completed work from open issues, and gives the next team a clear start without guessing.</description></item><item><title>The Record Shows Different Parameters: Why the Average Is Not an Answer</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/raskhozhdenie-parametrov-v-karte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/raskhozhdenie-parametrov-v-karte/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-05-12T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-05-12</dc:date><dc:creator>Ethan Cole</dc:creator><category>Team training</category><description>Conflicting numbers may belong to different devices, handpieces, modes, zones, dates, or documentation errors. Reconstruct the context first; only an authorised practitioner can make the next treatment decision.</description></item><item><title>Expected response or warning sign: how to answer without diagnosing</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/reaktsiya-posle-protsedury-bez-diagnoza/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/reaktsiya-posle-protsedury-bez-diagnoza/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-05-11T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-05-11</dc:date><dc:creator>Cian Murphy</dc:creator><category>Safety</category><description>A useful reply does not decide “normal” from one photograph. It records what changed, compares the report with the individual treatment record and gives the client a clear next step.</description></item><item><title>Compare laser models with a decision matrix, not a best-and-worst ranking</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/matritsa-sravneniya-modeley-lazerov/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/matritsa-sravneniya-modeley-lazerov/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-05-10T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-05-10</dc:date><dc:creator>Ethan Cole</dc:creator><category>Physics and equipment</category><description>A useful matrix starts with the service task and the exact quoted configuration. It keeps evidence, cooling, workflow, training and support visible without translating settings or pretending that one model wins everywhere.</description></item><item><title>Privacy and modesty should be asked about, not guessed</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/privatnost-i-skromnost-na-protsedure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/privatnost-i-skromnost-na-protsedure/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-19T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-04-19</dc:date><dc:creator>Amara Okonkwo</dc:creator><category>Accessibility and ethics</category><description>Clothing, religion, gender and age do not reveal what privacy a client needs. Ask about changing, draping, people in the room, communication and images, then repeat consent while keeping mandatory laser controls intact.</description></item><item><title>Ergonomics in a long procedure begins with redesigning the workstation</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/ergonomika-mastera-na-dlinnoy-protsedure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/ergonomika-mastera-na-dlinnoy-protsedure/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-18T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-04-18</dc:date><dc:creator>Ethan Cole</dc:creator><category>Foundations and professional practice</category><description>A long appointment should not test how far a practitioner can reach or how long they can hold one position. Bed height, device placement, cable route, supplies, client positioning and planned resets should keep accurate work easy to repeat.</description></item><item><title>Clean and used flows in the treatment room: a route without crossings</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/chistyy-i-ispolzovannyy-potok/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/chistyy-i-ispolzovannyy-potok/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-14T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-04-14</dc:date><dc:creator>Citiwell Serbia Editorial Team</dc:creator><category>Safety</category><description>Hygiene is not only a question of whether an item was wiped at the end. The room should show where clean material begins, when it becomes used, and how it reaches reprocessing or disposal without returning to the clean zone.</description></item><item><title>When a client has low vision: describe the room and every touch</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/slovesnaya-navigatsiya-v-kabinete/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/slovesnaya-navigatsiya-v-kabinete/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-03-07T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-03-07</dc:date><dc:creator>Aoife O&#39;Sullivan</dc:creator><category>Accessibility and ethics</category><description>Orientation and consent become more reliable when the practitioner explains the route, keeps the space predictable and names an action before making contact. Help is offered, not imposed.</description></item><item><title>The Ten-Minute Shift Huddle That Prevents Surprises</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/desyatiminutnaya-planerka-smeny/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/desyatiminutnaya-planerka-smeny/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-03-06T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-03-06</dc:date><dc:creator>Ethan Cole</dc:creator><category>Team training</category><description>A useful huddle is brief, prepared, and tied to action. The team surfaces changed clients, room limits, equipment status, supervised work, infection-control needs, and unresolved incidents before the diary starts moving.</description></item><item><title>Software update or service replacement: what to check before a client</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/proverka-posle-obnovleniya-oborudovaniya/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/proverka-posle-obnovleniya-oborudovaniya/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-03-03T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-03-03</dc:date><dc:creator>Citiwell Serbia Editorial Team</dc:creator><category>Safety</category><description>A completed service visit does not return a device to the diary automatically. The team confirms what changed, what service verified, which checks belong to the user and who releases the system for work again.</description></item><item><title>A follow-up at 24 to 48 hours: seven questions that actually help</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/voprosy-posle-protsedury/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/voprosy-posle-protsedury/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-03-02T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-03-02</dc:date><dc:creator>Aoife O&#39;Sullivan</dc:creator><category>Communication and service</category><description>“How are you?” is kind but difficult to use. Seven short questions help the client describe change, comfort and what happened at home, while giving the team a clear reason to continue routine support or move the conversation to a practitioner.</description></item><item><title>Consent across a language barrier: when machine translation is not enough</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/soglasie-i-yazykovoy-barer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/soglasie-i-yazykovoy-barer/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-02-27T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-02-27</dc:date><dc:creator>Aoife O&#39;Sullivan</dc:creator><category>Accessibility and ethics</category><description>A translation app can help with an address or reminder. It is not enough when the practitioner and client cannot check the purpose, limits, possible reactions, alternatives and right to stop. The appointment then pauses until an approved language-support route is available.</description></item><item><title>Incident review should change the system, not hide the error</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/sistemnyy-razbor-intsidenta/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/sistemnyy-razbor-intsidenta/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-02-26T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-02-26</dc:date><dc:creator>Amelia Hartwell</dc:creator><category>Team training</category><description>A formal review protects the client, preserves evidence, assigns responsibility and verifies corrective action. It is neither a search for one convenient culprit nor a reflective teaching conversation.</description></item><item><title>Turn, lift your arm, change position: clear instructions without awkwardness</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/komandy-dlya-smeny-polozheniya/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/komandy-dlya-smeny-polozheniya/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-02-25T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-02-25</dc:date><dc:creator>Lucas Hayes</dc:creator><category>Communication and service</category><description>A short explanation before each movement helps the practitioner open the working area, keep the rest of the body covered and give the client a real chance to pause or choose another position.</description></item><item><title>When to stop messaging and direct a client to medical care</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/kogda-napravit-za-meditsinskoy-pomoshchyu/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/kogda-napravit-za-meditsinskoy-pomoshchyu/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-01-19T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-01-19</dc:date><dc:creator>Cian Murphy</dc:creator><category>Safety</category><description>Chat has done its job when the next safe decision requires urgent medical assessment, an in-person examination or evidence the studio cannot obtain remotely. The team then stops the questionnaire, gives the locally approved route and confirms that the client received it.</description></item><item><title>If the first hundred procedures are a training checkpoint, log the questions and stops</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/pervye-sto-protsedur-voprosy-novichka/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/pervye-sto-protsedur-voprosy-novichka/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-01-18T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-01-18</dc:date><dc:creator>Ethan Cole</dc:creator><category>Team training</category><description>One hundred is a chosen review point, not a universal competence standard. The useful evidence is what required verification, when work stopped and how supervision changed the next decision.</description></item><item><title>A New Device in the Salon: From Delivery Crate to Authorised Use</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/vvod-novogo-lazernogo-apparata/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/vvod-novogo-lazernogo-apparata/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-01-17T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-01-17</dc:date><dc:creator>Oliver Bennett</dc:creator><category>Physics and equipment</category><description>Buying a platform does not make a team ready to use it. Safe introduction is a controlled route through documentation, manufacturer training, simulation, supervised practice, assessment, and a clearly recorded authorisation.</description></item><item><title>Mapping the back and chest: how not to lose a section on a large area</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/setka-dlya-bolshih-zon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/setka-dlya-bolshih-zon/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-01-16T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-01-16</dc:date><dc:creator>Cian Murphy</dc:creator><category>Treatment areas and techniques</category><description>Reliable coverage comes from agreed boundaries, anatomical landmarks, manageable segments and a record of completion. Speed and memory are poor substitutes for a map, especially after a pause or position change.</description></item><item><title>Planning transfer and positioning for a client with limited mobility</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/vizit-klienta-s-ogranichennoy-mobilnostyu/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/vizit-klienta-s-ogranichennoy-mobilnostyu/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-01-15T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2026-01-15</dc:date><dc:creator>Aoife O&#39;Sullivan</dc:creator><category>Accessibility and ethics</category><description>The useful question is not whether the studio is “accessible” in general. It is whether this client can reach the treatment position, remain there comfortably and leave it safely with the assistance the team is actually trained to provide.</description></item><item><title>When the remaining hair is too fine for a sensible continuation</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/kogda-ostatochnyy-volos-slishkom-tonkiy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/kogda-ostatochnyy-volos-slishkom-tonkiy/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-12-13T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2025-12-13</dc:date><dc:creator>Citiwell Serbia Russian Editorial Team</dc:creator><category>Treatment course and results</category><description>A good course does not have to continue until every hair disappears. Sometimes the professional decision is to reassess today&#39;s result and finish at the right time.</description></item><item><title>A pre-appointment reminder the client will actually finish</title><link>https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/poleznoe-napominanie-pered-protseduroy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiwell.rs/blog-en/posts/poleznoe-napominanie-pered-protseduroy/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-12-12T00:00:00Z</atom:updated><dc:date>2025-12-12</dc:date><dc:creator>Lucas Hayes</dc:creator><category>Communication and service</category><description>A useful reminder is not a miniature consent form. It tells the client what is booked, what needs attention now, and where to send a change that the practitioner must review.</description></item></channel></rss>
