East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has improved safety for neonatal patients and transformed workflows, by implementing an Sp02 dashboard.
What started as a project to clarify inconsistent SpO2 data during patient transfers has triggered a workflow revolution for the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM).
Working with Mindray’s clinical applications team to create an oxygen therapy tool tailored to its neonatal requirements, QEQM has cut the average length of stay for patients, delivering babies back to parents faster than ever.
Oxygen saturation levels is one of the key parameters measured in the SCBU, requiring consistent data throughout the baby’s journey from the High Dependency Unit (HDU) to the SCBU. Current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines place target saturation levels at between 91% and 95% for preterm babies, with anything lower than 91% posing an increased risk to mortality.1 So, when the unit began to see differences in SpO2 data after transfers, it knew a more precise oxygen therapy tool was required
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