Collaborative, Innovative Quality Improvement Activity: Development of Queensland Ambulance Service Stickers Drivers, Approaches, Implementation, and Outcomes
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Aitchison, Stephen
Pink, Edward
Brown, Peter
Tan, Victoria le Ching
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This article discusses the implementation of 3 targeted interventions aimed at reducing infection rates in patients due to prolonged in situ intravascular catheters (IVCs) during their admission to the hospital. These IVCs are inserted by paramedics with Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) in prehospital settings. The 3 interventions involved were the application of “QAS-IVC” stickers by QAS paramedics to indicate QAS-inserted IVCs, the implementation of mandatory IVC documentation during patient handover, and clinician engagement to provide patient education on IVC infection signs. Audits undertaken in wards reflected that the interventions were apparent and beneficial; this is evident from the limited number of patients having in-dwelling QAS-IVC and increased awareness among medical staff and patients alike. We, however, did not have comparative data to objectively quantify the success of the interventions implemented.
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Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal
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41
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Nursing
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ambulance service QI
emergency medicine
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Ding, M; Aitchison, S; Pink, E; Brown, P; Tan, VLC, Collaborative, Innovative Quality Improvement Activity: Development of Queensland Ambulance Service Stickers Drivers, Approaches, Implementation, and Outcomes, Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 2019, 41 (1), pp. 43-47