NENC London Adult Critical Care Network Transfer audit
Why monitor • Role of network to monitor transfers • Documentation • Medico legal document • Audit to learn from incidents • Developing the training and competencies • Standardising policy
Background New books developed July 2015 3 parts 1 to patient notes (white) 1 goes with patient (blue) 1 form goes to the Network (pink)
Method in collecting data Looking at the following from 102 pink sheets
Results Level of care given on transfer 8 units - 102 transfer forms since July 2015 • • Barnet - 5 Royal Free - 10 • • Homerton - 12 Royal London - 20 • • Newham - 10 Whipps Cross - 11 • • North Middlesex - 31 Whittington - 3
Level of care given on transfer 8 units - 102 transfer forms since July 2015 Level of care on transfer in %
Results Incidents 7 incidents 1 linked to equipment failure 1 incident recorded but no reason given 5 patient deterioration
Results Working diagnosis/organ support on transfer 14 13 Working diagnosis/organ support on transfer 12 10 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Whittington Whipps Cross The Royal London RFH North Mid Newham Homerton Barnet
Results Working diagnosis/organ support transfer % Working diagnosis/organ support on transfer Neuro 13% Cardio Not Recorded 13% 40% Respiratory 7% Gastro/liver 11% Genito- Musculosceletal urinary 4% 8% Burns Poisoning Endocrine /metabolic 2% 1% 1%
Results Status of transfers - total 102 Emergency – 41 Non clinical – 5 Urgent - 7 Not recorded – 7 Very urgent - 13 Repatriation – 6 Elective - 21 Tertiary referrals - 2 Status of transfers 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Emergency Urgent Very Urgent Elective Non Clinical Not Recorded Repatriation Tertiary referalls
Conclusion/recommendation • Level of care missing on 5 % • Incidents 6.5 % where 4.6 % was due to patient deterioration • Working diagnosis/organ support 40 % missing • Status of transfer 40% emergency, 7 % not recorded
Recommendation • New books • Educate all units (fill out the forms, transfer training..) • On going project Understanding before and after the course 6 5 4 3 2 1 Understanding before? 0 Understanding after?
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