Scaling Up Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthcare service delivery; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN11085475
• Lead Sponsor: orthumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

2020 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32111244 protocol (added 02/03/2020) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35279171/ (added 14/03/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-02-21
• Study Completion: 2020-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 28 March 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 41

Inclusion Criteria

1. NHS Acute Trust
2. Commitment from Trust Executive that consent to participate will be provided if Trust is recruited

Exclusion Criteria

1. Quality improvement initiative for screening and pre-operative treatment of anaemia and/or screening for and decolonisation of MSSA already in routine practice for orthopaedic surgical patients.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Current primary outcome measures as of 01/07/2019:<br> 1. Anaemia is measured using the Blood transfusion within 7 days following surgery<br> 2. Deep infection is measured using the Public Health England and Centre for Disease Control and Prevention definition, both at 90 days post-surgery.<br><br> Previous primary outcome measures:<br> 1. Anaemia is measured using the Blood transfusion within 7 days following surgery<br> 2. Deep infection is measured using Centre for Disease Control and Prevention definition at 90 days post-surgery<br>