1. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Alan Willson 17 November 2010
Show of hands, those with direct experience of engagement in the 1000 Lives Campaign:
Content area re reducing surgical comps;
Surgical checklist
Hair removal
Normothermia maintenance.
This was the first time in Wales that there has been a coordinated, shared national effort to reduce harm by focusing on defined and specific interventions, to reduce harm.
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2. 1000 Lives Plus – Reducing harm, waste and variation.
“..we have to accelerate the adoption and full implementation of best and evidence-based practice in all settings all of the time – there can no longer be any justification for not doing this.
Paul Williams letter to Chief Executives, launching 1000 Lives Plus. March 2010.
Following the conclusion of the Campaign there was a commitment to continue to follow a consistent methodological approach to achieve system-wide improvement.
This is where the transforming theatres programme fits..
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3. Why is this difficult?
“Evidence-based therapies that prevent morbidity and death are often not translated into clinical practice. One reason for this is that research often neglects to look at how to deliver therapies to patients. Consequently,errors of omission are prevalent and cause substantial preventable harm”
BMJ, Oct 2008, Vol 337
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4. The 1000 Lives Plus - Drawing on the evidence of what works
Pronovost et al (2008) Translating evidence into Practice – A model for large scale knowledge translation. BMJ
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5. National Aggregate CVC Bundle Compliance
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6. Care Bundle Compliance
Having been adopted and implemented by all Welsh ICUs the mean national aggregate compliance for the period April 2007 – March 2008 by bundle was: -
Ventilator care bundle %.
Central Venous Catheter Maintenance (CVCM) care bundle %.
Central Venous Catheter Insertion (CVCI) care bundle %.
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7. Reduction of Harm and Mortality by Improvement in Processes
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8. W. Edwards Deming
‘’If I had to summarise my message ….. It is to reduce variation’’
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9. Prevent failure – 1 in 10 failure rate
Intent to follow a uniform process or guideline.
Basic standardization of common equipment brands and guidelines
Memory aids such as checklists
Feedback mechanisms regarding compliance with standards
Awareness-raising and training
These tools are effective for the first phase of improvement.
Taking the system to a higher levelof reliability requires more sophisticated strategies.
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10. Local Data Collection Setting the scene 17 November 2010 Yes No
Yes No
Clinical Exclusion
DVT Prophylaxis √
GU Prophylaxis
Head Elevation - 30°
Sedation Hold
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11. Identify and Mitigate 1 in 100 failure rate
Identifying instances when the standardized approach is not used
Reduce the opportunities for humans to make mistakes.
“Error-proofing”
Reduce the need for “workaround” solutions.
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12. Achieving better outcomes
Patient’s
experience
and outcomes
Safe, reliable care
Value
and efficiency
Team performance
and staff wellbeing
Transforming theatres aims to improve patient experience and outcomes by pursuing the 3 main goals of:
Increasing the safety and reliability of care
Improving team performance and wellbeing
Adding value and improving efficiency
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13. Understand what you are measuring and why..
Board level
Frontline team level
Measurement for Assurance
Measurement for Improvement
Core assurance measures
Mortality rates
Harm rates
Improvement measure
% compliance with daily team briefings
% patients risk assessed for DVT
% patients with titrated doses
Measuring for improvement and measuring for assurance are different. The AOF requirements to demonstrate requirements are a snapshot of the improvement journey – the assurance is around whether people are looking at and measuring the right things.
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14. Obstacles and barriers
When progress is difficult, the reason is likely to relate to one or more of the following:
Failure of Will e.g. a few strong “blockers,” lack of investment in training and education, lack of back-up from more senior levels.
Failure of Ideas e.g.Not drawing on the evidence base, or not participating in Learning Sets.
Failure of Execution e.g. The leader does not have the authority (as well as the responsibility) to deploy the resources s/he needs. Cross- service links have not been clarified. Competing priorities have not been reconciled. The Model for Improvement is not being used.
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Other resources..
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