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Improving Adherence to Safe Sleep Guidelines for Hospitalized Infants at a Children’s Hospital
INTRODUCTION: Sudden unexpected infant deaths are a major problem nationally. We had poor adherence to safe sleep recommendations locally at our institution. Given the significance of this problem, hospital administration at a tertiary children’s hospital tasked a multidisciplinary group of faculty...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8782121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000508 |
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author | Molina, Adolfo L. Harrison, Meghan Dye, Candice Stoops, Christine Schmit, Erinn O. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Sudden unexpected infant deaths are a major problem nationally. We had poor adherence to safe sleep recommendations locally at our institution. Given the significance of this problem, hospital administration at a tertiary children’s hospital tasked a multidisciplinary group of faculty and staff with improving sleep environments for hospitalized infants. METHODS: Our safe sleep task force implemented targeted interventions using the American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement as the gold standard and based on hospital data to address areas of greatest nonadherence to recommendations. We aimed to improve weekly average adherence to 95% over 12 months. A proportions process control chart (p-chart) tracked average weekly adherence over a 52-week time frame. In addition, we performed Student’s t-testing to evaluate differences in adherence over time. RESULTS: There was a significant improvement in overall adherence to safe sleep recommendations from baseline (M = 70.8%, SD 21.6) to end of study period (M = 94.7%, SD 10.0) [t(427) = −15.1, P ≤ 0.001]. Crib audits with 100% adherence increased from a baseline (M = 0%, SD 0) to the end of the study period M = 70.4%, SD = 46) [t(381)= −21.4, P ≤ 0.001]. This resulted in two trend shifts on the p-chart using Institute for Healthcare Improvement control chart rules. CONCLUSIONS: Targeted interventions using QI methodology led to significant increases in adherence to safe sleep guidelines. Notable improvements in behavior indicated significant changes in safe sleep culture. We also noted continued adherence in follow-up audits reflecting sustainability. |
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spelling | pubmed-87821212022-01-21 Improving Adherence to Safe Sleep Guidelines for Hospitalized Infants at a Children’s Hospital Molina, Adolfo L. Harrison, Meghan Dye, Candice Stoops, Christine Schmit, Erinn O. Pediatr Qual Saf Individual QI projects from single institutions INTRODUCTION: Sudden unexpected infant deaths are a major problem nationally. We had poor adherence to safe sleep recommendations locally at our institution. Given the significance of this problem, hospital administration at a tertiary children’s hospital tasked a multidisciplinary group of faculty and staff with improving sleep environments for hospitalized infants. METHODS: Our safe sleep task force implemented targeted interventions using the American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement as the gold standard and based on hospital data to address areas of greatest nonadherence to recommendations. We aimed to improve weekly average adherence to 95% over 12 months. A proportions process control chart (p-chart) tracked average weekly adherence over a 52-week time frame. In addition, we performed Student’s t-testing to evaluate differences in adherence over time. RESULTS: There was a significant improvement in overall adherence to safe sleep recommendations from baseline (M = 70.8%, SD 21.6) to end of study period (M = 94.7%, SD 10.0) [t(427) = −15.1, P ≤ 0.001]. Crib audits with 100% adherence increased from a baseline (M = 0%, SD 0) to the end of the study period M = 70.4%, SD = 46) [t(381)= −21.4, P ≤ 0.001]. This resulted in two trend shifts on the p-chart using Institute for Healthcare Improvement control chart rules. CONCLUSIONS: Targeted interventions using QI methodology led to significant increases in adherence to safe sleep guidelines. Notable improvements in behavior indicated significant changes in safe sleep culture. We also noted continued adherence in follow-up audits reflecting sustainability. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8782121/ /pubmed/35071951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000508 Text en Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Individual QI projects from single institutions Molina, Adolfo L. Harrison, Meghan Dye, Candice Stoops, Christine Schmit, Erinn O. Improving Adherence to Safe Sleep Guidelines for Hospitalized Infants at a Children’s Hospital |
title | Improving Adherence to Safe Sleep Guidelines for Hospitalized Infants at a Children’s Hospital |
title_full | Improving Adherence to Safe Sleep Guidelines for Hospitalized Infants at a Children’s Hospital |
title_fullStr | Improving Adherence to Safe Sleep Guidelines for Hospitalized Infants at a Children’s Hospital |
title_full_unstemmed | Improving Adherence to Safe Sleep Guidelines for Hospitalized Infants at a Children’s Hospital |
title_short | Improving Adherence to Safe Sleep Guidelines for Hospitalized Infants at a Children’s Hospital |
title_sort | improving adherence to safe sleep guidelines for hospitalized infants at a children’s hospital |
topic | Individual QI projects from single institutions |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8782121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000508 |
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