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Patient Patient SafetySafety in the in the ICUsICUs

2010-2012

http://www.eu-implement.info

1. Overview

Objective:„Providing policymakers, managers and healthcare workers with theknowledge on the implementation of improvement measures (bundles) in patient care for the prevention and management of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).“

Project mangement:• Barcelona, Spain• Brussels, Belgium• Freiburg, Germany• Msida, Malta• Nijmegen, Netherlands• Rome, Italy

2. Context/Public health problemHealthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are considered to be the

greatest risk for hospitalised patients, leading to a substantial increase in morbidity, mortality and costs in EU member states.

• Approx. 5-10% of hospitalised patients acquire HAIs while receivingtreatment for medical or surgical conditions.

• There are approximately 4.1 million HAIs and 30-50,000 attributabledeaths each year.

3. Key activities (1)Prevention of Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections

• Survey of policies and practices for the prevention and management of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) in European hospitals

• Identification of implementation tools and momentous gaps in the adoption of the central venous line bundle (CVL-Bundle) for the prevention and control of CRBSIs

3. Key activities (2)Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

• Survey of policies and practices for the prevention and management of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in European intensive care units (ICUs)

• Identification of the most powerful implementation tools and the momentous gaps in the adoption of the ventilator bundle(V-Bundle) for the prevention and control of VAP

3. Key activities (3)Implementation of strategies to increase patient safety in the ICU

• Bringing together pilot experiences from EU hospitals• Learning to improve complex systems of care• Providing an overview of evidenced-based organisational

strategies

3. Key activities (5)

Optimal Experimental Design for Future Studies• Providing a base for future testing of the clinical effectiveness

of implementation processes for bundled interventions in a diverse sample of European hospitals

• Identification of the optimal study design balanced betweenstatistical requirements and feasibility

4. Results (1)

Online questionnaire survey from hospitals in 29 European countries

A total of 1,730 replies from 77 countries; →1,281 replies from 16 countries used to compute weighted European estimates:

• Care for intubated patients, combined with measurement of compliance to guideline for hand hygiene:57% of the respondents (95% CI: 54–60)

• Systematic daily interruption of sedation and weaning protocol: Only 28% (95% CI: 24–33)

• Oral care protocol (e.g. with chlorhexidine): Only 27% (95%: 23–30)

• Provision of estimated outcome data (VAP rate) in the ICU: Only 20% (95% CI: 17–22)

• However, 93% (95% CI: 91–94) agreed that “Monitoring of VAP-related measures will stimulatequality improvement and patient safety“.

4. Results (2)

The availability of VAP surveillancesystems + written standards formanagement of mechanically ventilatedpatients in the ICU are positively associatedwith → compliance with VAP preventionmeasures and, therefore, should befostered on a policy level.

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• Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Nice, France, April 20-23, 2010. International conference with approximately 2.000 participants- Active workshop attendance

• ECCMID Vienna, Austria April 10-12, 2010. International conference with approximately 8.000 participants- Poster presentation at network corner

• ICAAC, Boston MA, September 11-15, 2010. International conference with approximately 10.000 participants - Presentation at network corner

• Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Amsterdam, NL, April 5-8, 2010. International conference with approximately 2.000 participants- Poster presentation at network corner

• ECCMID Milan, Italy, May 7-10, 2011 International conference with approximately 8.000 participants - Poster presentation at network corner

• ECCMID London, UK, April 1-3, 2012 International conference with approximately 8.000 participants - Poster presentation at network corner

- European epidemiology of MRSA bacteraemia: effective prevention requires more than just good hospital policies, M.A Borg, E. Scicluna, U. Frank on behalf of the Implement Project Group

- Evidence-based recommendations to increase the appropriate usage of antibiotics in ICU patients: a 5-day bundle. De Angelis*, P. De Santis, F. Di Muzio, C. Palazzolo, A. Brink-Huis, M. Hulscher, U. Frank, M. Antonelli, E. Tacconelli

• ECCMID Berlin, Germany, April 21013 International conference with approximately 8.000 participants- Poster presentation at network corner

Conference dissemination activities

5. Sustainability and Transferability

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potential study designs, however, to yield internallyvalid results, randomizationis needed.

6. ContactUwe Frank, MDDivision of Infection Control and Hospital EpidemiologyDepartment of Infectious DiseasesHeidelberg University HospitalIm Neuenheimer Feld 32469120 Heidelberg, Germany

Phone: (+49) 06221 56 8208Mobile: (+49) 0171 280 7798uwe.frank@med.uni-heidelberg.de