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 and It has been proven that by We will do this by; Quality and Governance following certain best practice completing pre and Committee. 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 Our audit of our care Progress will be monitored by patients with pneumonia discovered that although quarterly reports from the hospital acquired pneumonia Quality Improvement Hub to was well identified and the Clinical Advisory Group antibiotics rapidly commenced, and Quality and Governance a quality improvement project Committee. is underway to raise awareness, appropriately prescribe antibiotics and improve documentation.
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 and Quality and Governance Committee. Best practice in managing patients with pneumonia Our audit of our care discovered that although hospital acquired pneumonia was well identified and antibiotics rapidly commenced, a quality improvement project is underway to raise awareness, appropriately prescribe antibiotics and improve documentation. 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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