Improving safety and timeliness around nasogastric tube feeding on an Acute stroke unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding is required for artificial nutrition and hydration in those with impaired swallow due to a stroke. A baseline analysis of new NGT insertions on our acute stroke unit revealed considerable delays in the process and poor documentation of the risk-benefit discussions. We undertook a quality improvement project aimed at improving safety and reducing the delay in NGT insertion from an average of 5.2 hours (baseline) to under 3 hours in 6 months with a secondary aim of improving the documentation of risk-benefit discussions from 0% (baseline) to 50% during the same period.

Methods

Multiple Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles of change ideas were implemented, including regular staff awareness sessions, introduction of new labels for the multidisc

SUBMITTER: Krishnan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11997834 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature