Hospital acquired complications summit

We're hosting a Hospital acquired complications (HACs) summit to take a deep dive into data and HAC trends during times of high system pressure. A review of 16 preventable HACs showed trending increases in six monitored indicators that correlated with COVID-19 peaks (times of high system pressure).

The HAC summit will focus on data use and practical system level processes to improve clinical care and patient outcomes during times of increased pressure in the health system.

Purpose

Expert presentations and peer to peer learning on data and practical system level processes to prevent future increasing HAC trends during times of high system pressure.

Contact

Natasha at acutecarelhn@safercare.vic.gov.au

Hospital acquired complications resources

• Resources for investigation of hospital acquired complications
• Clinical evaluation of the national hospital acquired complication program
• Hospital acquired complications – the relative importance of hospital and patient related factors
• Severe acute maternal morbidity trends in Victoria
• Hospital acquired complications information kit (individual resources) or combined information kit. 

Useful Safer Care Victoria projects and tools 

• Falls resulting in fracture or intracranial injury
  • Collaborative model for a falls response service
  • Informing best practice for managing patients with hip fractures
  • Virtual fracture clinics 
• Bloodstream infections
  • PIVC Bundles of care
  • Sepsis improvement
  • Think sepsis. Act fast. Scaling collaboration
  • VICNISS Central Line Insertion Practices (CLIP) Adherence Monitoring to accompany bundles
• ​​Multidrug resistant organisms
  • Antibiotic allergy de-labelling program
  • Think twice: reducing antibiotic prescribing in children
• Unplanned intensive care unit admission
  • Parental recognition of the deteriorating child quality improvement pilot project
  • Critical care telehealth
  • Critical care telehealth scaling project
  • Expansion of a telemedicine model into the patients home
• Respiratory complications
  • Early recognition of clinical deterioration in aged care 
• Medication complications
  • Central pharmacy
  • Analgesic stewardship program
• Delirium
  • Delirium collaborative
  • End PJ paralysis: preventing functional decline in inpatients
  • Preventing delirium
• Cardiac complications
  • Rapid access atrial fibrillation clinics
  • Timely management of chest pain pilot
• Third- and fourth-degree perineal laceration during delivery
  • Better births for women collaborative
  • Perineal protection project – audit tool
• Neonatal birth trauma
  • Safer baby collaborative
• National preterm birth prevention collaborative