Table of contents

Quality improvement report

• Consent for orthopaedic trauma surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic (30 June, 2022)

  Hussain Selmi, Andrew Davies, Joseph Walker, Toby Heaton, Sanjeeve Sabharwal, Melanie Dani, Michael Fertleman, Peter Reilly
• Improving mealtimes for patients and staff within an eating disorder unit: the next chapter (29 June, 2022)

  Lucy Gardner, Kirstie Tillier, Kayda Marshall-Tyson, Hayley Trueman, David Francis Hunt
• Implementing delirium screening in the emergency department: a quality improvement project (28 June, 2022)

  Louise Martin, Marian Lyons, Andrew Patton, Maighread O Driscoll, Kara McLoughlin, Evelyn Hannon, Conor Deasy
• Recovering staff, recovering services: massive-online support for recovering a paediatric service using Lean and compassionate communication (24 June, 2022)

  Iain M Smith, Elaine Bayliss
• Resident integration with inpatient clinical documentation improvement: a quality improvement project (22 June, 2022)

  Michael Rouse, Matthew Jones, Brice Zogleman, Rebekah May, Tanya Ekilah, Cheryl Gibson
• Cognitive impairment and frailty screening in older surgical patients: a rural tertiary care centre experience (21 June, 2022)

  Caroline D Andrew, Christina Fleischer, Kristin Charette, Debra Goodrum, Vinca Chow, Alexander Abess, Alexandra Briggs, Stacie Deiner
• Improving medical consults for surgical inpatients: a quality improvement project using an e-referral system linked to clinical pathways (15 June, 2022)

  Mahmoud Amer, Prosen Ghosh, Animesh Chatterjee
• Carbon monoxide: raising awareness of the silent killer in the emergency department (8 June, 2022)

  Fahad Siddique Malik, Randa Ghazal Asswad, Simon Clarke
• Managing dental unit waterlines: a quality improvement programme (6 June, 2022)

  Fahad Umer, Madiha Khan, Farhan Raza Khan, Karim Tejani
• Teledermatology to reduce face-to-face appointments in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: a quality improvement project (26 May, 2022)

  Keira Jones, Emer Lennon, Keighley McCathie, Angela Millar, Chris Isles, Angus McFadyen, Heather Shearer
• Improving referrals to community mental health services in the liaison setting (26 May, 2022)

  William Harry Loveday, Lida Panagiotopoulou, Darena Dineva, Amelia Andrade Pita, Yousef Eltuhamy, Aryan Sabir
• Redesigning care to support earlier discharge from a neonatal intensive care unit: a design thinking informed pilot (25 May, 2022)

  Shoshana H Bardach, Amanda N Perry, Nirav S Kapadia, Kathryn E Richards, Laura K Cogswell, Tyler K Hartman
• Improving the uptake of cervical screening in pregnant and recently postnatal women: a quality improvement project (25 May, 2022)

  Sarah Louise Coleridge, Alison Wiggans, Ellen Nelissen, Rob Bethune, Richard Blackwell, Andrew Bryant, Jo Morrison
• Cystic fibrosis learning network telehealth innovation lab during the COVID-19 pandemic: a success QI story for interdisciplinary care and agenda setting (19 May, 2022)

  Dana Albon, Lacrecia Thomas, Lindsay Hoberg, Sophia Stamper, Lindsay Somerville, Prigi Varghese, Ella Balasa, Matthew Roman, Maria T Britto, Melanie Miner, Emily Gehring, Clifford Gammon, Raouf S Amin, Michael Seid, Mike Powers
• Reducing hyperglycaemia post-kidney and liver transplant: a quality improvement initiative (16 May, 2022)

  Kristin K Clemens, Mayur Brahmania, Corrine Weernink, Khaled Lofty, Hani Rjoob, Amanda Berberich, Alan Gob
• Obstetric triage improvement process using the Donabedian model of quality care: a quality improvement initiative (16 May, 2022)

  Sumaira Naz, Shamila Saleem, Zaheena Shamsul Islam, Shelina Bhamani, Lumaan Sheikh
• A quality improvement project assessing a new mode of lecture delivery to improve postgraduate clinical exposure time in the Department of Internal Medicine, Makerere University, Uganda (16 May, 2022)

  Frank Mulindwa, Irene Andia, Kevin McLaughlin, Pritch Kabata, Joseph Baluku, Robert Kalyesubula, Majid Kagimu, Ponsiano Ocama
• Improving delivery of preventative care services using population management strategies (13 May, 2022)

  Zana Khoury, Mariam Maloyan, Kathleen Conroy, Alexandra Epee-Bounya
• Improving access to pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prescribing in a primary care setting (12 May, 2022)

  Joshua Lumsden, Amish J Dave, Camille Johnson, Craig Blackmore
• Improving tracheostomy delivery for trauma and surgical critical care patients: timely trach initiative (12 May, 2022)

  Erin K McShane, Beatrice J Sun, Paul M Maggio, David A Spain, Joseph D Forrester
• Applying evidence to practice by increasing intensity of intervention for children with severe speech sound disorder: a quality improvement project (11 May, 2022)

  Hilary McFaul, Linda Mulgrew, Justine Smyth, Jill Titterington
• Impact of respiratory therapists-driven assess-and-treat protocol on unplanned adult neurovascular ICU readmissions: a quality improvement initiative (9 May, 2022)

  Fajun Wang, Amitha Avasarala, Nizari Pandya, Karan Panchal, Darby Scarantine, Allan David, Jeniffer Bozogan, Jennifer Arendas, Julia Maseth, Megan Lowman, Samantha Zych, Jonathan Bishop, Firas Abdulmajeed
• Recording and evaluating affect and coping during COVID-19 in healthcare workers and outcomes (REACCH-Out): mental health implications for our junior doctor cohort (9 May, 2022)

  Sarah Akbar, Samantha McNally
• Implementation of a temperature bundle improves admission hypothermia in very-low-birth-weight infants in China: a multicentre study (2 May, 2022)

  Li Wang, Zhi-jie Liu, Feng-min Liu, Yong-hui Yu, Shu-yu Bi, Bin Li, Hai-yan Xu, Chun-yan Yang
• How to improve hospital admission screening for patients at risk of multidrug-resistant organism carriage: a before-and-after interventional study and cost-effectiveness analysis (28 April, 2022)

  Dominique Joubert, Stephane Cullati, Pascal Briot, Lorenzo Righi, Damien Grauser, Aimad Ourahmoune, Pierre Chopard
• Scale-up of ABC care bundle for intracerebral haemorrhage across two hyperacute stroke units in one region in England: a mixed methods evaluation of a quality improvement project (15 April, 2022)

  Lisa Brunton, Camilla Sammut-Powell, Emily Birleson, Ruth Boaden, Sarah E Knowles, Clare McQuaker, Stephen Cross, Natalie Greaves, Kyriaki Paroutoglou, Omran Alzouabi, Hiren C Patel, Appukuttan Suman, Khalil Kawafi, Adrian R Parry-Jones
• Implementation of an emergency department virtual follow-up care process in a community-based hospital: a quality improvement initiative (11 April, 2022)

  Diala El-Zammar, Raj Johal, Janice Eng, Tiffany Schulz
• Developing a simulation-based learning model for acute medical education during COVID-19 pandemic with Simulation via Instant Messaging – Birmingham Advance (SIMBA) (8 April, 2022)

  Lucy Wallett, Wentin Chen, Lucretia Thomas, Parisha Blaggan, Emma Ooi, Dengyi Zhou, Thia Hanania, Cai Ying Ng, Nia Evans, Georgia Morgan, Issy Allison, Carina Synn Cuen Pan, Gobeka Ponniah, Eloise Radcliffe, Jameela Sheikh, Alya Khashaba, Meghnaa Hebbar, Dwi Delson, Vinay Reddy-Koanu, John Ayuk, Gregory Packer, Emily Akufo-Tetteh, Meri Davitadze, Eka Melson, Punith Kempegowda
• Improving the quality and content of discharge summaries on acute medicine wards: a quality improvement project (7 April, 2022)

  Phoebe Scarfield, Thomas David Shepherd, Caitriona Stapleton, Alexandra Starks, Ellen Benn, Sara Khalid, Bryony Dayment, Alex Moate, Sandra Mohamed, Jasmine Lee
• Improving hand hygiene in a medical ward: a multifaceted approach (7 April, 2022)

  Vijo Poulose, A Punithavathi, Marlini Ali, Faridah Mohamad Assalam, Khine Khine Phyo, Amanda Soh, Shi Hua Tan, Jie Li, Woo Boon Ang, Alvin Chew
• A quality improvement project reducing adverse events and improving adherence to guidelines surrounding VRIII usage (7 April, 2022)

  Amy Coulden, Vasileios Chortis, Theresa Smyth, Sofia Salahuddin, Wasim Hanif, Sandip Ghosh