Best practice in managing By the end of March 2016 85% Progress will be monitored by patients with sepsis of patients admitted with quarterly reports from the sepsis will have the Sepsis 6 Quality Improvement Hub to It has been proven that by standards administered within the Quality and Governance following six best practice one hour. Committee. steps patients recover sooner. Best practice in managing We will embed the Progress will be monitored by patients with a fractured neck improvements we have made quarterly reports from the of femur and attain best practice Quality Improvement Hub to standards for 60% of patients. the Clinical Advisory Group It has been proven that by We will do this by; and Quality and Governance following certain best practice Committee. completing pre and steps patients are more likely post operative to return to previous levels of assessment of mental mobility and be able to stay in state their own home following this improving time to fracture. surgery (i.e. within the 36 hours target) ensuring geriatrician assessment occurs within 72 hours of admission Best practice in managing Assessment of the severity of Progress will be monitored by patients with pneumonia hospital acquired pneumonia quarterly reports from the will occur and be documented Quality Improvement Hub to for 95% of patients. the Clinical Advisory Group and Quality and Governance Antibiotics will be prescribed Committee. according to guidelines (or discussed with a microbiologist) in 95% of cases. 95% of patients with hospital acquired pneumonia will commence antibiotic therapy within 4 hours.
Best practice in managing patients with sepsis It has been proven that by following six best practice steps patients recover sooner. By the end of March 2016 85% of patients admitted with sepsis will have the Sepsis 6 standards administered within one hour. Progress will be monitored by quarterly reports from the Quality Improvement Hub to the Quality and Governance Committee. Best practice in managing patients with a fractured neck of femur It has been proven that by following certain best practice steps patients are more likely to return to previous levels of mobility and be able to stay in their own home following this fracture. We will embed the improvements we have made and attain best practice standards for 60% of patients. We will do this by; completing pre and post operative assessment of mental state improving time to surgery (i.e. within the 36 hours target) ensuring geriatrician assessment occurs within 72 hours of admission Progress will be monitored by quarterly reports from the Quality Improvement Hub to the Clinical Advisory Group and Quality and Governance Committee. Best practice in managing patients with pneumonia Assessment of the severity of hospital acquired pneumonia will occur and be documented for 95% of patients. Antibiotics will be prescribed according to guidelines (or discussed with a microbiologist) in 95% of cases. 95% of patients with hospital acquired pneumonia will commence antibiotic therapy within 4 hours. Progress will be monitored by quarterly reports from the Quality Improvement Hub to the Clinical Advisory Group and Quality and Governance Committee.
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