These fact files demonstrate how hospitals working on the Safer Patients Initiative implemented different safety interventions.
Introducing surgical safety briefings at Airedale NHS Trust
Safety briefings are a simple tool designed to help multidisciplinary teams share potential safety problems and concerns. They increase staff awareness of safety, encourage more open communication about safety issues, and over time help an organisation create a culture of safety and reduce errors.
This fact file presents how Airedale NHS Trust introduced surgical safety briefings under the Safer Patients Initiative.
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Reducing cardiac arrests on general wards using early warning scoring at Luton and Dunstable Hospital
Research has shown that patients often exhibit signs and symptoms of increasing instability for several hours before having a cardiac arrest. Such signs include changes in breathing, heart rate or mental status. The focus of this Safer Patients Initiative intervention is to detect and treat patients early in their decline before a crisis occurs.
This fact file presents how Luton and Dunstable Hospital reduced cardiac arrests under the Safer Patients Initiative.
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Reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia using care bundles at NHS Tayside
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has a high mortality rate (up to 40%) and has serious complications, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury. In patients on mechanical ventilation the cumulative risk of pneumonia increases with the duration of ventilation.
This fact file presents how NHS Tayside reduced ventilatorassociated pneumonia using care bundles under the Safer Patients Initiative.
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Reducing central line infections using care bundles at University Hospital Wales
Central lines, also called central venous catheters, are long thin hollow tubes made from silicone rubber. These tubes are inserted under the skin into a vein to give treatments such as chemotherapy, antibiotics and intravenous fluids.
This fact file presents how University Hospital Wales reduced central line infections under the Safer Patients Initiative.
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Improving anticoagulation management at York Hospital
Medicines for anticoagulation have many benefits, but also many risks. Careful monitoring of various factors is essential to maintain the balance between under-coagulation, which can result in development of clots, and over-coagulation, which increases the risk of bleeding and haemorrhage.
This fact file presents how York Hospital improved anticoagulation management under the Safer Patients Initiative.
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