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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric critical care medicine
  • Healthcare quality improvement
  • Infectious disease management

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  • Pediatric sepsis is a major cause of child mortality in the U.S.
  • Early recognition and treatment are vital to prevent severe sepsis and septic shock
  • Electronic screening tools assist in identifying at-risk pediatric patients

Purpose of the Study:

  • To decrease sepsis-related emergent transfers to the pediatric intensive care unit
  • To optimize sepsis screening tools, interruptive alerts, and huddle processes
  • To apply Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) methodology for quality improvement

Main Methods:

  • Developed inpatient electronic sepsis screening tools using historical data
  • Employed PDSA iterative cycles over 3 months
  • Tested interruptive alerts, paper tools, and a sepsis huddle process

Main Results:

  • Huddles were conducted for all 35 patients receiving alerts, with 80% having a rapid average response time (5.7 min)
  • Outcome notes were completed 83% of the time, with 70% providing feedback on the new processes
  • Median days between sepsis-related emergent transfers to the PICU increased from 17.5 to 57.5 days

Conclusions:

  • PDSA methodology provided valuable insights for optimizing sepsis screening and intervention processes
  • Iterative testing allowed for refinement of the implemented changes
  • System-wide application of this quality improvement approach yielded significant benefits