Citation

Peir GH, Fink A, Mantasas N, Cheng JJ, Worten K, Shah RK. Pediatr. Qual. Saf. 2022; 7(2): e550.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Wolters Kluwer)

DOI

10.1097/pq9.0000000000000550

PMID

35369409

PMCID

PMC8970105

Abstract

Employee safety and the reduction of Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred are a focus of the Solutions for Patient Safety Network. One significant contributor to the Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred rate at Children's National Hospital is employee slips, trips, or falls.

METHODS: Children's National Hospital implemented a multidisciplinary quality improvement with executive leadership vision and support. We implemented quality techniques (including Key Driver Diagrams, Pareto Charts, and continuous Plan-Do-Study-Act) and designed novel Environmental Services interventions.

RESULTS: Children's National Hospital achieved a 44.3% reduction in monthly average reported slips, trips, or fall events from baseline and sustained over a 2-year study period.

CONCLUSION: A leadership-driven multidisciplinary approach to quality initiatives with team leaders capable of making and enacting real-time policy changes led to novel interventions and a successful reduction of employee slips, trips, and falls events over time, which are broadly generalizable.

Language: en