Community Acquired
Pneumonia
Ed Cetti
Community Acquired Pneumonia
Ed Cetti
Measures up to April 2014
Oxygen Assessment Completed
Appropriate Antibiotic Selection
Blood Cultures Performed in A&E Prior to Initial Antibiotic Received
Antibiotics Received Within 6 Hours of Hospital Arrival
Smoking Cessation Offered to Smokers
CURB-65 score recorded
Measures April 2014 Onwards
CXR within 4 hours of hospital arrival
Oxygenation assessment completed within 1 hour of hospital arrival
Oxygen appropriately prescribed
Initial antibiotic received within 6 hours of hospital arrival
Appropriate initial antibiotic regimen received
CURB-65 score recorded
Outcomes
Length of Stay Actual by Quarter
Length of Stay Rolling 12 Month Average
In Hospital Mortality Actual by Quarter
In Hospital Mortality Rolling 12 Month Average
30 Day Readmission Actual by Quarter
30 Day Readmission Rolling 12 Month Average
The Future
• Still room for improvement – how to
facilitate this - ?peer review visits
The Future
• Sustainability
• Heavy burden of data collection
• Pneumonia pathway running for 5 years
• Do we ease of data collection – in what
way?