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Implementing Improvement Strategies To Prevent Unplanned Extubation in Neonatal Intensive Care Units - SLIDE DECK
Implementing Improvement Strategies To Prevent Unplanned Extubation in Neonatal Intensive Care Units - SLIDE DECK
Implementing Improvement Strategies To Prevent Unplanned Extubation in Neonatal Intensive Care Units - SLIDE DECK
Olivia Lounsbury, BS
Quality and Patient
Safety Program
Coordinator
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● Facilitate development of
quality structure.
● Evaluate and
integrate external best
practices.
Standard
Adequately securement
sedate method Work as imagined (WAI)
Retaping
often due RT is busy and isn't
to immature available for a
skin double check
1. da Silva, PS, Reis, ME, Aguiar VE, et al. Unplanned Extubation on the Neonatal ICU: A Systematic Review, Critical
Appraisal and Evidence-Based Recommendations. Resp Care, 2013.58 (7): p. 1237-45.
2. Nitkin, Christopher
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JHCC NICU UE Rate
Implemented laminated
1 Documentation of high- card with Card sometimes not
risk patients was easily a "kangaroo" to visible/blocked. Moved
missed. indicate high-risk to a more visible place.
patients.
Awareness of
5 There was minimal
Developed a visual aid
appropriate protocol for
awareness of the bundle re-taping was especially
for UE bundle
and awareness was not minimal. Re-educated
awareness. all staff on re-taping
sustained.
specifically.
Helpful but
1 Learnings were requires attendance.
Frontline staff were
discussed at Annotations about UE
not aware of
multiple learnings planned for
learnings from UEs. monthly unit
monthly meetings.
dashboards.
Instead of reviewing
Noticed similar trends
2 It was difficult to find data each month with
between NICU and
trends in the data due few UE cases,
PICU. Sharing trends
to numerous data implemented a
between units for
sources. quarterly 'data deep
further advancement.
dive'.
Problem
3 Relevant information
about the UE QI
workgroups was not Plan/Do Study/Act
easily accessible.
4
Information was often
lost in emails.
these improvement
strategies, NICU UE Common Cause Analysis
rate per 100 vent
days decreased
from 0.44 to 0.19, a
57% improvement.
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WAD = Work-As-Done
“The biggest room in the world is the
room for improvement.”
– Helmut Schmidt
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