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DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721381
A Quality Improvement Plan for Implementing an Innovative Organization System for Pediatric Airway Patients
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Abstract
Risks of pediatric tracheostomy are well known. The objectives of this quality improvement study were to organize tracheostomy supplies into a comprehensive care kit and demonstrate that the kits improved nursing and parental comfort in providing tracheostomy care routinely and emergently. Kits were assembled using roll-up toiletry style bags and organized in a uniform fashion with necessary supplies. Nurses and parents were surveyed using a 5-point Likert-type. Feedback was overall very positive; the kits were found to ease the transition of caring for a child with a new tracheostomy from hospital to home. This intervention can easily be adapted at other pediatric institutions.
Publication History
Received: 12 July 2020
Accepted: 25 October 2020
Article published online:
04 December 2020
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