1. Retinopathy of Prematurity Neonatal Audit 2010 Dr Anjan Bhaduri Mr Syed Ali Dr Gopal Krishana Singh

2. Guidelines

3. Method O Time scale chosen O 1 st Sept 2010 – 31 st Dec 2010 O All patients in ROP Book (on Neonatal Unit) O Check standards against National Guidelines

4. Audit Standards

5. Results O 24 Patients Identified O 3 Notes not able to be located  21 Patients Analysed

6. Gender

7. Individual Birthweight & Gestational Age 100% of babies <32 weeks GA or <1501g birthweight receive at least one ROP eye examination

8. Timing of 1 st Screen (postnatal age in weeks) 95% before 5 completed weeks post natal age (postponement documented)

9. Screening Before Discharge 100% of babies admitted to the unit at <32 weeks GA have at least one eye examination on the unit

10. Timing of Treatment O Two babies required transfer for further screening O No babies needed treatment

11. Parent Information O Difficult to find record of written information given to parents about ROP Screening

12. Transferred Infants O No screening done before transfer O All screening carried out on return

13. Discharged Infants O All patients had outpatient appointment before discharge

14. Audit Standards

15. Recommendations O Need to record in notes discussion with parents and information leaflet given O Aim to screen all babies before discharge O Use the Standardised Sheet for recording screening results (not always used in all patients)

16. Patient Information Leaflet Available from Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/Research/CE/RCPCH-guidelines/ROP

17. Standardised Recording Sheet Currently used in most but not all patients