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  • Pediatric emergency response and family reunification
  • Quality improvement methodologies in healthcare

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  • Comprehensive disaster planning, particularly for family reunification, is often lacking in hospitals.
  • National Pediatric Readiness Projects show less than 50% of hospitals have adequate disaster plans for children.
  • Quality Improvement (QI) offers a framework to engage hospital staff in disaster planning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a family reunification plan using QI methodology.
  • To achieve child-safe reunification within 4 hours of a disaster event.
  • To enhance hospital disaster preparedness for pediatric populations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized QI tools: fishbone diagram, key driver diagram, and process maps.
  • Employed the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model for iterative testing and revision.
  • Ensured active involvement of key stakeholders throughout the process.

Main Results:

  • Successfully developed a family reunification plan leveraging QI methodology.
  • Facilitated the creation of the plan by hospital personnel new to disaster management.
  • Improved the hospital's capacity for child-safe family reunification post-disaster.

Conclusions:

  • QI methodology is effective for developing and improving hospital disaster plans, especially family reunification.
  • Engaging diverse hospital staff, even those unfamiliar with disaster planning, is key to successful plan development.
  • This approach enhances pediatric disaster readiness and ensures timely child-safe family reunification.