Challenges to sustainability of pediatric early warning systems (PEWS) in low-resource hospitals in Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sustainability, or continued use of evidence-based interventions for long-term patient benefit, is the least studied aspect of implementation science. In this study, we evaluate sustainability of a Pediatric Early Warning System (PEWS), an evidence-based intervention to improve early identification of clinical deterioration in hospitalized children, in low-resource settings using the Clinical Capacity for Sustainability Framework (CCS).

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of a qualitative study to identify barriers and enablers to PEWS implementation. Semi-structured interviews with PEWS implementation leaders and hospital directors at 5 Latin American pediatric oncology centers sustaining PEWS were conducted virtually in Spanish from June to August 2020. In

SUBMITTER: Agulnik A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10012640 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature