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Emergency Oxygen audit October 2009 How can data be used locally?. Example from Southend University Hospital Prof Tony Davison, Dr Ronan O’Driscoll, Sr Lisa Ward, Sr Mary Monaghan Acknowledgements: Sally Wellham, Christine Bucknall, Chris Routh. Total Summary Data.
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Emergency Oxygen audit October 2009How can data be used locally? Example from Southend University Hospital Prof Tony Davison, Dr Ronan O’Driscoll, Sr Lisa Ward, Sr Mary Monaghan Acknowledgements: Sally Wellham, Christine Bucknall, Chris Routh
Total Summary Data • 538 inpatients on day of audit • 70 (13%) patients were on oxygen • 56 (79%) had a valid prescription • Note only 8% pre oxygen policy • 5 (9%) patients however had another type of written order for 02 (in notes) • 9 (16%) had no prescription
Summary Data by directorate • 366 Medical patients • 172 Surgical patients 47 (12%) medical patients on 02 39 (83%) General Medicine had a valid prescription 5 patients in Medicine had no prescription 23 (13%) Surgical patients were on oxygen 17 (73%) Surgical had a valid prescription 4patients in surgery had no prescription
Number of patients on oxygen and oxygen prescriptions by ward
Nurses signatures on drug charts • Total drug rounds requiring signatures =544. 389 (71%) signed for • Medicine = 382 drug rounds 295 (77%) signed for • Surgery = 162 drug rounds 94 (58%) signed for
Were target saturations in range ? (10%) (6%)
Were Target saturations in range per ward? NB= only Bedwell, E Loury, Hockley and Ed Stone had saturations above range
Were the patients using the same O2 delivery device as listed on the observation chart? 69 patients (97%) were
SummaryHow can oxygen audit data be used locally • Gives overall performance compared with national data • Gives year to year comparisons – are we improving? • Can compare wards and directorates: • For oxygen prescriptions • Drug round signing • Observations completed • Number of patients in target saturations • Use of devices • Whether device correctly recorded
Summary • Can identify Consultants whose patients don’t have a valid prescription • Data could be used to measure performance on wards • Data can be used to target supplementary training for wards and medical staff