AH ANNUAL REPORT 2018
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Local Audit<br />
Audit of Paediatric Difficult<br />
Airway Equipment Availability<br />
An audit to assess provision<br />
of information provided to<br />
patients prior to regional<br />
anaesthesia.<br />
Parents feedback of<br />
experience of breastfeeding<br />
support whilst in Alder Hey<br />
Audit of annual screening<br />
tests performed in children<br />
with complex nephrotic<br />
syndrome.<br />
Audit of MRI (Magnetic<br />
Resonance Imaging) Brain<br />
investigation ordering and<br />
results within the community<br />
paediatrics department.<br />
Audit of renal biopsy in the<br />
renal transplant patient.<br />
Actions<br />
The audit is due for presentation as a poster at the Association of Paediatric<br />
Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting in May <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Action/Recommendation:<br />
• Networking with the airway and paediatric anaesthetic leads in each hospital<br />
in the region is required to understand the barriers to adopting a standardised<br />
paediatric airway equipment list and a standardised airway trolley layout.<br />
• Recommend the adoption of a standardised paediatric airway trolley with a<br />
standardised layout and contents list in every hospital in the region.<br />
• Re-audit in 12 months.<br />
The audit was presented at the Alder Hey Anaesthetic department update meeting<br />
in September 2017.<br />
Action/Recommendation:<br />
• Improve the availability of current information leaflets.<br />
• Develop new information leaflet for peripheral nerve block.<br />
• Re-audit in 12 months.<br />
The project was presented at the Alder Hey LiA (Listening into Action) meeting in<br />
July 2017.<br />
Action/Recommendation:<br />
• Trust policy has been updated with clear guidelines for staff on process to follow<br />
when feeding breastfeeding mums. Policy is awaiting ratification.<br />
• Also the parents information leaflet has been updated to include this information.<br />
• Re-audit in 12 months.<br />
The audit was discussed in July 2017 and findings presented in the Alder Hey<br />
Surgery departmental audit meeting in October 2017.<br />
Action/Recommendation:<br />
• Improvement could be made in measuring a number of markers, including Vitamin<br />
D, Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and measles serology.<br />
• Rationalising blood tests and placing a robust system to ensure they are<br />
measured.<br />
• Develop Nephrotic syndrome guidance for annual screening.<br />
• Re-audit in 2 years.<br />
The audit was presented at the Alder Hey Community Paediatrics Departmental<br />
meeting in October 2017.<br />
Action/Recommendation:<br />
• Update existing guideline.<br />
• Re-audit once new guidelines are in place.<br />
The audit was written up in July 2017 with a discussion and presentation at the<br />
Alder Hey Renal Unit meeting to be arranged.<br />
Action/Recommendation:<br />
• To continue current practice.<br />
• Audit confirmed that biopsy was performed for good clinical indication.<br />
• Re-audit in 4 years.<br />
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