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Are children more susceptible to unplanned extubation? According to studies of various literature and research, yes.

Unplanned extubation - or UE as it's commonly referred - is the unplanned, uncontrolled removal of a patient's life-sustaining breathing tube. And it's been reported that more than 18% of neonatal ICU patients experience unplanned extubation - this is higher than the average among adult ICU patients. [...]

Vieve Paisley, MD

paediatric adverse eventspaediatric patient safety collaborativepaediatric patient safety interventionsunplanned extubation

2019-07-12

6 Patient Safety Risks Every Children's Hospital Should Assess

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication in Children's Hospitals Today, entitled "6 Patient Safety Risks Every Children's Hospital Should Assess." [...]

Vieve Paisley, MD

Child Health Patient Safety Organization (Child Health PSO)paediatric adverse eventspaediatric patient safety interventions

2019-05-21

Exploring Vulnerability to Patient Safety Events along the Age Continuum

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication in Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory, entitled "Exploring Vulnerability to Patient Safety Events along the Age Continuum." This article analyzed 2017 data submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority to document age-related patterns of patient harm in Pennsylvania hospitals. Of particular note, the highest total event rate per admission was found in the 5- to 14-year cohort (511.12 events per 1,000 admissions) with much lower rates in other cohorts. [...]

Vieve Paisley, MD

medication safetypaediatric adverse eventspaediatric patient safety interventionspaediatric safety in general hospitalspatient safety interventions

2019-05-09

Making care better in the pediatric intensive care unit

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication in Translational Pediatrics, entitled "Making care better in the pediatric intensive care unit." [...]

Vieve Paisley, MD

catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI)Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS)critical carepaediatric adverse eventspaediatric patient safety collaborativepaediatric patient safety interventions

2019-03-29

Developing Evidence for New Patient Safety Bundles Through Multihospital Collaboration

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication in Journal of Patient Safety, entitled "Developing Evidence for New Patient Safety Bundles Through Multihospital Collaboration." In this article, the Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) share the method they employed to develop harm prevention bundles when preliminary evidence was limited. [...]

Vieve Paisley, MD

catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI)Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS)paediatric adverse eventspaediatric patient safety collaborativepaediatric patient safety interventions

2019-03-05

Principles of Pediatric Patient Safety: Reducing Harm Due to Medical Care

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication in Pediatrics, entitled "Principles of Pediatric Patient Safety: Reducing Harm Due to Medical Care." This updated policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reviews the epidemiology of medical errors in children, examines unique issues in safety for pediatric patients, and discusses specific approaches to improving safety in pediatrics. The full publication is available online at: https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/2/e20183649 ABSTRACT: Pediatricians render care in an increasingly complex environment, which results in multiple opportunities to cause unintended harm. National awareness of patient safety risks has grown since the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) published its report "To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System" in 1999. Patients and society as a whole continue to challenge health care providers to examine their practic ...

Vieve Paisley, MD

paediatric adverse eventspaediatric patient safety interventions

2019-02-27

Priorities for Pediatric Patient Safety Research

PIPSQC is pleased to share the new publication in Pediatrics, entitled "Priorities for Pediatric Patient Safety Research." In this study, researchers and collaborators from the Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) Network have outlined 24 research priorities for improving pediatric patient care safety. [...]

Vieve Paisley, MD

Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS)paediatric adverse eventspaediatric patient safety collaborativepaediatric patient safety interventions

2019-01-30

Identifying Pediatric Patients at High Risk for Adverse Events in the Hospital

PIPSQC is pleased to share the new publication in Hospital Pediatrics, entitled "Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in patient safety events for hospitalized children." In this study, investigators used a pediatric global trigger tool to identify disparities in safety events for a large, random sample of pediatric patients across 16 hospitals. Latino children experienced nearly twice the rate of adverse events when compared with white children. Publicly insured children also had a higher adverse event rate. [...]

Vieve Paisley, MD

paediatric adverse eventspaediatric patient safety interventions

2019-01-14

Engaging Parents to Help Reduce Medical Errors in the Hospital

PIPSQC is pleased to share the new publication in The BMJ, entitled "Patient safety after implementation of a coproduced family centered communication programme: multicenter before and after intervention study." Results from this PCORI-funded study on improving communication between parents of hospitalized children and clinicians provide insights that could significantly reduce medical errors harmful to patients. [...]

Vieve Paisley, MD

I-PASS handoff studypaediatric adverse eventspaediatric patient safety interventionspatient and family-centered carepatient and family-centered rounds

2018-12-21