Samantha Warnakulasuriya

Do join us for the RCOA QI study day this month. Its packed with content for all stages from the novice in QI to the expert looking for ideas of how to teach QI - pick the workshop that best suits the needs! Our expert speakers will cover different safety and QI topics to put your QI into context

Provision of peri‐operative patient blood management strategies in the UK: a national survey of practice Introduction In UK hospitals, it is unclear how organisational structures are arranged to support effective implementation of peri-operative blood management practice strategies. The aim of this stu...

Really pleased our @nihr.bsky.social Data Driven BTRU collaboration with RAFT is now published in @anaesjournal.bsky.social. What is the state of periop patient blood management policies and infrastructure in the UK NHS? #PBM #anaesthesia
doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Are you a QI leader of the future? If so take a look at our newly launched @rcoanews.bsky.social Quality Network Career Development Programme for residents, fellows, specialty doctors - build QI leadership skills and join the national conversation on QI

www.rcoa.ac.uk/safety-stand...

This is a really interesting paper for local QI leaders in Anaesthesia to consider and to think how its principles apply to your local context.

A yellow banner with the title 'Measurement for Improvement' written in large text on the left side, followed by the authors' names, Alene Toulany and Kaveh G. Shojania, in smaller text. On the right side, a graphic shows a grid of dots with a blue dot at the bottom left, a red dot at the top right, and an arrow connecting them.

Just published: our new Element looks at the key principles of measuring improvement and highlights the importance of using multiple measures and approaches to gathering data. Written by Alene Toulany and Kaveh Shojania from @tmu-medicine.bsky.social, and it's free to access: https://ths.im/4amXhJZ

Still time to apply to be the @rcoanews.bsky.social QI fellow! Happy to answer any questions about the role you may have - but we have some interesting work that's taking off over the next year.

Help develop a quality indicator set for perioperative care This project seeks input from patients, carers and healthcare staff to collaborate on a standard set of quality indicators for perioperative care, and improve the way such indicators are developed.

Do you work in the #NHS? We need your help to identify the best ways to measure standards of care before, during, & after #surgery.

Part 1 closes 6 Jan

Part 2 opens in Feb

Take part and receive a certificate of participation as evidence of contribution to research.

We would routinely use for open radical/RALP at my institution. For the rest would be procedure level discussion between anaesthesiologists/surgeons

Targeted education is key - reach out to your stakeholders! Change can happen but you need to understand each groups concerns to implement.

Our QI report on implementing
@rcoanews.bsky.social @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social Tranexamic Acid (#TXA) guidance into routine local practice is now published @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social
Education, Stakeholder Engagement, Use of WHO checklists and more. #TXA #PBM #qualityimprovement.

What are the barriers to implementing tranexamic acid use in elective surgery?

This QI project examines some of the barriers

Is thromboembolism still the biggest concern?

#openaccess #AnSky #SurgSky @swarnak.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/4eY1jsE

editorial from @bmj.com and paper: Poor staff retention is associated with higher patient mortality. Have said it before & I’ll say it again. If you don’t care for the carers, they cannot care for their patients.
www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Viscoelastic haemostatic assay-guided therapy (eg TEG & ROTEM) was associated with:
• less RBC transfusion
• less platelet transfusion
• less FFP transfusion

#AnSky #MedSky #HemeSky 🧪

https://buff.ly/3AOYR9U