Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Time and Adherence to Revaccination after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Implementation of a Revaccination Clinic within the Transplantation Program.

ABSTRACT: Revaccination after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is critical to prevent morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable illnesses. The global aim of our quality improvement initiative was to enhance timely, correct, and effective revaccination after pediatric HCT. The SMART aim of our project was to decrease median unvaccinated time by 4 months by decreasing the time to vaccine eligibility, time from eligibility to vaccine initiation, and time to completion of the vaccine series. A multidisciplinary group performed a cross-sectional quantitative and qualitative evaluation of revaccination practices at our institution. We identified factors associated with delayed, incorrect, or incomplete revaccination. Several plan-do-study-act interventions were implemented to address these

SUBMITTER: Elgarten C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10592250 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature