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‘Cook and Count’ – Virtual Cooking Classes and Carbohydrate Counting for Young People
In the past, diabetes education had been conducted face-to-face which was not possible in times of COVID-19. Our team dietician decided to run virtual cooking and carbohydrate counting sessions via Zoom with a specialist nurse joining separately from their own kitchens, targeting patients in the 8 to 12 years age bracket and their parents/carers supervising […]
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‘NICE-otonic’ Fluids: Isotonic Maintenance IV Fluids in Infants Under 3 Months: A Quality Improvement Project
What is the secret to improving adherence to NICE isotonic IV fluid prescriptions? And is 0.9% saline even safe in infants <3 months or does it cause hypernatraemia? A three-QI cycle finds out the answers to these and other questions.
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“Pick Up The Phone” – A Multidisciplinary Team Quality Improvement Project into the Use of and Access to Telephone Interpreter Services within Perinatal Care
Good communication is key in all medical settings, and the link between language barriers and poor medical outcomes has been well documented. Use of, and easy access to translator services is essential for patients with limited english proficiency.
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“Here is my space”: A creative QIP to improve Young People’s (YP) mental health by developing a therapeutic space on a general paediatric ward
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“There’s No Place Like Home”: Reducing Paediatric Discharge Steps
It is widely acknowledged that the traditional system of using the hospital dispensary for completion of a patient’s discharge prescription is a “time consuming and inefficient process”. In Antrim Area Hospital, the majority of discharge prescriptions are completed at ward level. Ward level dispensing has helped to expedite the discharge process thus making beds available […]
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8 High Impact Interventions: A Regional Survey of Trainee Experience
This poster summarises the results of a regional survey of trainee experience which was based on the ‘8 High Impact Actions to improve the Working Environment for Junior Doctors’ report published by NHS improvement.
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A continuous review of paediatric intravenous fluid therapy at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn based on quality standards from NICE guidelines NG29
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A Haven for Fatigue: Standardising First Outpatient Visit Experience for Young People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
An improvement project with an aim that all patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) who attend for their first clinic visit to the service will have a standardised approach to the interventions offered to them by August 2020. Change ideas included a new user friendly patient assessment form used as a template on the e-record system, […]
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A Human Factors Approach to Improving the Preassessment Anaesthetic Passport Tool for Paediatric Patients with Additional Support Needs
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A Moment For Change – Addressing Parental Smoking in the Paediatric Emergency Department
Everyday in A+E, children are attending with serious and life threatening breathing problems which we know are adversely affected by third-hand smoking within the home. The project aimed to have smoking status asked and documented in all respiratory cases presenting through A+E and for smoking cessation advice to be given to every case where a […]
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A Multidisciplinary QI Project to Implement Criteria Led Discharge to the Acute Medical Admission Unit in Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin
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A novel virtual advice meeting improves access to timely genetics advice for paediatricians and neonatologists
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