PIPSQC is pleased to share the latest episode of SPS Talk hosted by the Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) Network, entitled "We Heard You: Top Ten Network Questions on CLABSI Prevention." [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to highlight the work of Cardiac Networks United: an integrated pediatric and congenital cardiovascular research and improvement network. [...]

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. [...]
 

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication in Clinical Trials, entitled "The design and conduct of Project RedDE: a cluster-randomized trial to reduce diagnostic errors in pediatric primary care." [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share the following two change packages published by the Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) Network: [...]
 

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication in BMJ Open, entitled "Assessing risks to paediatric patients: conversation analysis of situation awareness in huddle meetings in England." [...] 

PIPSQC is pleased to share that the Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) Network has recently updated its Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention Bundle. [...]
 

The Paediatric International Patient Safety and Quality Community (PIPSQC), an international community of professionals who share a passion for patient safety and quality in paediatrics and the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), a global organisation with the aim to inspire and drive improvement in the quality and safety of health care worldwide, have signed a collaboration agreement to foster closer ties between the two organisations. [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share the RCPCH's newly launched resource, QI Central - the RCPCH Quality Improvement sharing hub, where you can find examples of interventions and solutions in a number of clinical practice areas. [...]
 

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