QUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT AWARDS NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN Nominations for this year’s Northern Sydney Local Health District Quality and Improvement Awards are now open.
The awards celebrate the excellence of our nurses, doctors, allied health professionals, support staff and researchers. They put a spotlight on the hard work and delivery of programs and services which have made a real difference to the patients and families we care for. Our Royal North Shore Hospital intensive care unit was one of our 2020 winners. The team went on to win the NSW Health Award for the Patient Safety First category. The team’s project focused on introducing a number of interventions to shift the culture in the intensive care environment by reducing the need for unnecessary arterial blood gas testing, without demonstrable negative effects international women’s day Northern Sydney Local Health District celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8. This year’s IWD theme ‘Choose to Challenge’ is based on choosing to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. Everyone can choose to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements. Women make up more than 76 per cent of NSLHD’s workforce. Thank you for all that you do and the contribution you make every day for our patients, consumers and the community. Here are some photos of staff from across the district with their own IWD messages.
2020 Quality and Improvement Awards Patient Safety First category winner
on patient outcomes. Team leader Dr Jonathan Gatward said the project exceeded in meeting its objective and demonstrated a statistically significant reduction of inappropriate blood gas testing performed from 27 per cent to 10 per cent, and a 31 per cent reduction in the overall number of tests performed. This effect was sustained over a 20-month period. “Patient benefits include the avoidance of anaemia due to the need for blood transfusions, reduced risk
of infections and improved patient experience,” he said. “The project has also significant cost savings to the organisation.” Jonathan urges others to submit an application. “It’s a great way to promote your hard work, but more importantly gives you the ability to share and spread your ideas for others to adopt,” he said. Entry forms and further can be found here or contact nslhd-awards@health.nsw.gov. au.
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