A simple intervention to improve patient safety, save time and improve staff experience in the AMU procedure room.
Over the last decade, operating theatres and Intensive Care Units (ICUs) have established systematic methods for performing procedures on patients that have been shown to reduce complications and improve patient safety. Whilst the use of procedure rooms on Acute Medicine Units (AMUs) is highly recommended by patient safety groups and Royal College publications, they are not universally available or appropriately utilised. In this article we discuss a quality improvement project that was undertaken on an AMU at a large university teaching hospital in the United Kingdom, highlighting its successes and challenges.
ST4 Acute and General Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Gary Peter
GP
Misselbrook
Care Group Lead Emergency Care, Lead Consultant Out of Hours Care and Seven Day Services, Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton, University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.
Juliane
J
Kause
Core Medical Trainee Year 2, University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.
Su-Ann
SA
Yeoh
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