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Oxygen therapy: a clinical audit in an Internal Medicine Department
S.. Nunesa,
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, J.. Maiaa, J.P.. Ferreiraa, J.. Nevesa, I.. Marquesa
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prescription&#44; transcription&#44; administration and monitoring&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The audit was performed in two of the four wards of the department between January 1st and March 31st 2008&#46; All patients to whom oxygen was administered or prescribed were included in the audit&#44; except those with non-invasive ventilation during daytime&#46; Assessments were performed two days per week&#46; No assessments were performed at weekends&#44; on Mondays&#44; public holidays or the day after holidays&#44; nor of patients admitted to the ward in the previous 24&#160;h&#44; to ensure all prescriptions were performed&#47;validated by ward physicians&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Information of the audit was obtained from clinical records&#44; nurses&#8217; software application or direct patient observation&#46; Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS v11&#46;0&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Results of the first audit are published elsewhere&#46;<a href="&#35;bib13" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> The main findings are summarized here and presented in <a href="&#35;f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Figure 1</a>A&#8211;D&#44; in comparison with those of the second audit&#46;</p><a name="f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"><img src="320v21n02-90393311fig1.jpg" alt="Comparison of results between the 2008 and the 2011 audits&#46; &#40;A&#41; Oxygen prescription&#59; &#40;B&#41; transcription by nurses&#59; &#40;C&#41; oxygen administration by nurses &#40;D&#41; oxygen monitoring&#46;"></img></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Figure 1&#46; Comparison of results between the 2008 and the 2011 audits&#46; &#40;A&#41; Oxygen prescription&#59; &#40;B&#41; transcription by nurses&#59; &#40;C&#41; oxygen administration by nurses &#40;D&#41; oxygen monitoring&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The authors considered that good practice was met whenever the rate of compliance was &#8805;90&#37;&#46; Based on this threshold&#44; several criteria were identified as needing improvement&#46; In relation to <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">prescription</span>&#44; lack of a specific period of oxygen therapy institution and monitoring were the main problems&#46; 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using a similar methodology&#46; Results were compared to those of the first audit&#59; a separate comparison was also made between results in the wards audited in 2008 &#40;A and D&#41; and the corresponding ward in 2011 &#40;Ward A &#8211; fusion of A and D&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">This audit&#39;s results were better than those of other studies&#44;<a href="&#35;bib10" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> including one multicentric study on OT performed in 24 Portuguese hospitals&#44;<a href="&#35;bib16" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> where only prescription and administration were evaluated&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">A significant increase of oxygen prescription to target SatO<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> range was achieved &#40;<a href="&#35;f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Figure 1</a>A&#41;&#46; Prescription by &#8220;fixed dose&#8221; OT was residual in 2011&#46; A correct target range was observed in &#60;90&#37;&#44; an acceptable value since some patients may benefit from specifically tailored ranges&#46;<a href="&#35;bib9" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">There was a substantial improvement in the prescription of OT monitoring&#46; There was also a clear improvement in the quality and accuracy of transcription &#40;<a href="&#35;f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Figure 1</a>B&#41;&#46; Use of humidifiers cannot be compared to 2008 given no clear guidelines&#44; regarding their use had existed at the time&#46; Very good results were observed in 2011&#44; with scarce &#40;17&#46;5&#37;&#41; but appropriate use &#40;<a href="&#35;f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Figure 1</a>C&#41;&#44; in keeping with BTS guidelines&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">There was no improvement in oxygen administration during hygiene &#40;<a href="&#35;f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Figure 1</a>C&#41;&#46; An improvement in arterial blood gas measurement before or in the first 12&#160;h of OT was achieved &#40;<a href="&#35;f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Figure 1</a>D&#41;&#46; In patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure&#44; monitoring is still far from appropriate &#40;<a href="&#35;f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Figure 1</a>D&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">This study confirms the value of clinical audits in improving quality of care&#46; A combined strategy of education&#44; protocol implementation&#44; universal use of target SatO<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> range<a href="&#35;bib9" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> and software applications with safety alarms can improve OT in a hospital setting&#46;</p><a name="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conflicts of interest</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Acknowledgments</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Besides the authors&#44; the audit team included&#58; Maria Barbosa&#44; Cristiana Sousa&#44; S&#237;lvia Ramos&#44; Paula Pereira&#44; Joana Ramalho&#44; Ana Oliveira Gomes&#44; Carina Ribeiro&#44; Joel Almeida&#44; Margarida Carneiro&#44; Bruno Pinto&#44; Nelson Rocha&#44; Alfredo Martins&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The authors would like to thank all other professionals from the Department of Internal Medicine who collaborated in data collection&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Corresponding author&#46; sanpnunes&#64;gmail&#46;com</p>"
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