Using Quality Improvement to Change Testing Practices for Community-acquired Pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

National guidelines for pediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) contain recommendations regarding diagnostic testing including chest radiographs (CXRs), complete blood counts (CBCs), and blood cultures. Local data indicated that our institution was not delivering care at standards outlined by these guidelines. This project aimed to decrease CXRs for children with CAP discharged from the emergency department (ED) by 10% and decrease CBCs and blood cultures for patients hospitalized with uncomplicated CAP by 20% within 1 year.

Methods

This single-site quality improvement initiative targeted otherwise healthy children 3 months to 18 years who presented to the ED with uncomplicated CAP at a free-standing academic children's hospital. A quality improvement team pe

SUBMITTER: Rogers AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221590 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature