Reducing Unplanned Extubations Across a Children’s Hospital Using Quality Improvement Methods
Kandil SB, Emerson BL, Hooper M, Ciaburri R, Bruno CJ, Cummins N, DeFilippo V, Blazevich B, Loth A, Grossman M. Reducing Unplanned Extubations Across a Children’s Hospital Using Quality Improvement Methods. Pediatric Quality And Safety 2018, 3: e114. PMID: 31334446, PMCID: PMC6581473, DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRate of UEIntensive care unitUnplanned extubationVentilator daysQuality improvement methodologyNational benchmarksPediatric intensive care unitNeonatal intensive care unitStudy-Act cyclesSignificant patient harmUnintended dislodgementsCritical illnessCare unitChildren's HospitalEndotracheal tubeHigh-risk situationsPatient harmQuality improvement methodsImprovement methodologyET tubeStudy periodExtubationHospitalDaysSafety cultureA taxonomy and cultural analysis of intra‐hospital patient transfers
Rosenberg A, Britton M, Feder S, Minges K, Hodshon B, Chaudhry SI, Jenq GY, Emerson BL. A taxonomy and cultural analysis of intra‐hospital patient transfers. Research In Nursing & Health 2018, 41: 378-388. PMID: 29722043, PMCID: PMC8459627, DOI: 10.1002/nur.21875.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient transferMedical intensive care unitGeneral medicine floorsTertiary medical centerIntensive care unitIntra-hospital transferIntra-hospital patient transfersMedicine floorCare unitEmergency departmentPatient transitionsMedical CenterPatient assignmentRight floorHospital departmentsObservations of staffCategories of activitiesHospital culturePatientsStaffEmpty bedsDepartmentHospital