A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Unneeded Screening Chest Radiographs in a Pediatric Cardiovascular ICU.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adult critical care and radiographical societies have recommended changing practice from routine screening radiographs to on-demand chest radiographs (CXRs) for stable mechanically ventilated adult patients. There are no similar recommendations for patients in the pediatric ICU. Reducing the frequency with which unneeded CXRs are obtained can decrease radiation exposure and reduce waste, a substantial contributor to rising health care costs. We aimed to reduce unneeded daily screening CXRs in a pediatric cardiovascular ICU (CICU) by 20% in 6 months.

Methods

Criteria delineating which subjects in the CICU required daily screening CXRs were created and added to the daily rounding sheet for discussion for each subject. The primary goal of this study was to reduce CXR

SUBMITTER: Malin SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10027155 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature