OR and ICU teams ‘running in parallel’ at the end of cardiothoracic surgery improves perceptions of handoff safety
Hamid S, Joyce F, Burza A, Yang B, Le A, Saleh A, Poston RS. OR and ICU teams ‘running in parallel’ at the end of cardiothoracic surgery improves perceptions of handoff safety. BMJ Open Quality 2021, 10: e001001. PMID: 33568419, PMCID: PMC7878128, DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitPositive response rateICU teamResponse rateOperating roomCardiac surgery patientsLow positive response rateCardiac surgical teamPatient safety cultureQuality improvement projectQuality Hospital SurveySurgery patientsCardiac surgeryCare unitICU nursesHealth care researchCardiothoracic surgeryHospital SurveySurgical casesSurgical teamFace handoffSafety culturePatient safetyCare researchSafety of handoffsImproving SCD compliance in trauma patients at Kings County Hospital Center: a quality improvement report
Hamid S, Marin B, Smith L, Agyeman-Kagya K, George C, Wetzler T, Badami A, Gendy A, Roudnitsky V. Improving SCD compliance in trauma patients at Kings County Hospital Center: a quality improvement report. BMJ Open Quality 2021, 10: e001171. PMID: 33419735, PMCID: PMC7798780, DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSequential compression devicesSCD complianceVenous thromboembolismTrauma patientsKings County Hospital CenterMechanical VTE prophylaxisVTE risk factorsPatient education interventionsStandard of careQuality improvement reportQuality improvement projectStudy-Act cyclesShort educational sessionVTE prophylaxisBaseline auditPoor complianceRisk factorsHospital CenterPatient educationPatient complianceImprovement reportPatientsOverall compliancePDSA cyclesCompliance rate