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Daphne Masterson, Respiratory Integrated Care, CHO5, ICPCD, South Tipperary

AIM
Assessment of patients currently prescribed prophylactic azithromycin who perhaps are eligible for:

• De-prescribing.
• Needs to continue for now but for review in 6-12 months.
• Who needs further investigations.

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Ciara Farrell and Jack Sargent, Orthopaedic Physiotherapy, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown

AIM

• To assess the current physiotherapy contact time of patients post hip fracture surgery.
• Implement change and reassess compliance with the CSP hip fracture standard of 2 hours in first 7 days.

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Jane Mckeon and Emma Scully, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda

AIM
To increase weekly attendance at tracheostomy ward rounds by at least 50% by all members of the MDT by December 2023.

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Shane O’Carroll, Occupational Therapy, University Hospital Waterford

AIM
The set up and a run a hand therapy triage and treat clinic to reduce the volume of patients on the orthopaedic surgeons’ waiting lists and improve patient access.

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Sadhbh Gash, Pharmacy Department, Beaumont Hospital

AIM
Use AMS rounds to improve compliance with local antimicrobial guidelines. Identify patients who require specialist AMS intervention via Medication Prescription & Administration Records (MPAR) review, pharmacist referral and Microbiology consultation.

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Deirdre Bradley, Neonatal Speech and Language Therapist, HSE

AIM
By December 2023, all babies admitted to NICU will have increased quantity and quality of speech exposure via the read to your baby, sing to your baby, speak to your baby project.

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Geraldine Gordon, Lactation Department, Rotunda Hospital

AIM

• Educate healthcare professionals and clients about potential adverse effects of birth interventions on early breastfeeding.
• Prepare clients to manage breastfeeding challenges.
• Provide early, evidence-based support to optimise breastfeeding.

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Norma Caples, Cardiology, HSE UHW

AIM
To evaluate if PCOC would aid HF nurses with identification of when to request the support of a palliative care specialist team.

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Laura Tobin, Quality & Patient Safety Department, St. Vincent’s University Hospital

AIM
The aim of this project was to ensure that incident data was readily available in an easily understood format to all managers, for ease of reporting and further action.

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Christine McGeough, Maternity Unit, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda

• AIM
  To safely embed the use of QR codes as a digital communication tool within the maternity unit in adherence to clinical governance.
• To increase engagement from both pregnant women and staff.

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Valerie Casserly, Otolaryngology and Physiotherapy, Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda

AIM

• To provide an alternative pathway with timely assessment, diagnosis and treatment for vestibular patients.
• To help decrease the burden on diagnostic resources and otolaryngology clinics, while ensuring patient satisfaction.

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Catherine Hopkins, Emergency Department, Cavan General Hospital

AIM

• We wanted to benchmark length of stay of admitted patients against those seen by FIT to ascertain any difference.
• We explored correlation between frailty markers and LoS.

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Clodagh McHugh, Oncology Service, Cavan Hospital

AIM
Provide information, psychological support, self-management strategies for symptoms/side effects of cancer treatments. Acknowledge difficulties faced by cancer survivors, families. Signpost to relevant services and national and local cancer support.

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Norma Caples, Cardiology, HSE UHW

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The aim is to review patients within 2 weeks of referral from GP, with same day physical examination, ECHO (OutReach cardiac physiologist), diagnosis, education and commence medication for heart failure if indicated.

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Martina McGovern, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda Co Louth

AIM

• Reduce the number of hospital acquired pressure by ensuring the patients are nursed on the correct mattress.
• Identify staff educational needs on various types of mattresses available in the hospital.

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Emma Nolan, Occupational Therapy / Regional Specialist Memory Clinic, Tallaght University Hospital

AIM
To establish a referral pathway and intervention programme that would be accessible to all patients and service-providers, facilitate improved health outcomes, and support the hospital’s strategic priority of integrated care.

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Stacey Devanney & J O’Shea, (Oncology Social Work), C Thompson, & N Barry, (Oncology Physiotherapy), M Traynor & C O’Donovan (Oncology Occupational Therapy), O Breathnach (Medical Oncology), Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre, Beamont Hospital

AIM
To identify gaps in current HSCP service provision for high grade brain tumour patients and advocate to relevant agencies for increased funding for HSCP posts to dedicate more time to Glioblastoma patients.

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Doreen Powell, Quality and Safety Department, Connolly Hospital

AIM
To increase engagement by frontline staff by introducing a user-friendly, intuitive and reliable system, allowing the hospital to use real time data on incidents and near-miss events to improve safety.

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Martina Porter, Quality and Patient Safety, Letterkenny University Hospital

AIM
Our primary aim is to enhance the patient and family experience of hospital care by engaging and partnering with them in their care.

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Sue Markey and Tony Smith, Nursing, RCSI Hospital Group

AIM
Collaboration with staff on all sites to promote a positive patient safety culture for deteriorating patients in all hospitals using an evidence based approach.

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Aisling Hughes, Maternity Department, Cavan Monaghan Hospital

AIM
Aim for safe, clear, concise, coordinated and user friendly clinical pathways to standardise the care provided to pregnant women with epilepsy especially between healthcare professionals in different organisations.

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Marwa Mustafa, Aliaa Eldewah, A. Gadir Abdalla, Margaret O’Connor, Catherine Peter, Jethen Maharaj, John Peacock,Nora Cunningham, Ida Carroll, Sylvia Sushila, Aditi Rajpatty, Anza Baclock, Geriatric Medicine, University Hospital Limerick/ St Camillus Hospital

AIM
Our aim was to initiate a quality improvement initiative using the plan-do-study-act methodology to improve the referral process for rehabilitation.

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Niamh Kenny, Physiotherapy Department, Rotunda Hospital

AIM
To establish a new antenatal and postnatal ‘pop up’ clinic for women in the IPAS by end December 2023.

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Donna McGahern, Critical Care Outreach, HSE North East Hospital

AIM
To introduce a surveillance/watcher safety huddle in Cavan General Hospital following the recent implementation of digital INEWS on all general hospital wards which aims to identify and manage patient deterioration.

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Joan Devin, Irish Medicines in Pregnancy Service, The Rotunda Hospital

AIM
To support care in the Maternal Medicine Clinic through provision of information to women on the safe and effective use of medicines during pregnancy and breastfeeding, facilitating shared decision-making.

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Lane Galvin, Midwifery Led Unit, Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda

AIM
The aim of this research study is to evaluate knowledge and practices related to trauma informed approach to care (TIAC) within the Midwifery/ Perinatal settings in Ireland.

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Chantal Murdoch, Community Midwifery Team, Rotunda Hospital

AIM
To continue to empower women through shared decision making to make informed decisions in relation to their current birth options, by expanding the NBAC service.

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Emma Mc Gorman, Medical Services, Cavan General Hospital

AIM

• The aim of this QI was to make staff more aware about the importance of what we were trying to achieve.
• The give staff more education through regular education sessions.

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Mairin Maher, Frailty Intervention Therapy Team, University Hospital Kerry

AIM
Evaluate patient’s satisfaction with FITT and gain insight into their thoughts about the service. This feedback will help develop the service ensuring its patient centred and tailored to their needs.

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Stephane Maingard, Paediatrics, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda

AIM

• Our aim is to optimise care for preterm births less than 34 weeks, focusing on the key bundles of care.
• Develop an antenatal counselling pathway.
• Create and implement a perinatal checklist.

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Roisin Brennan, Physiotherapy Department, Rotunda Hospital

AIM
To evaluate attendance rates of the ‘Back and Pelvic Pain’ Class and reduce DNA rates to maximise the use of physiotherapy resources.

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Lynda McGrory, Management, RCSI Hospital Group / Monaghan Hospital

AIM
To provide a safe and healing environment for patients and staff to enjoy on the entrance to the hospital. It also facilitates therapeutic interventions for patients in the open air.

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Jose Binghay, Radiology, Beaumont Hospital

AIM
To implement an E-Learning programme on BORIS for all staff with access to radiation-controlled areas to improve radiation safety for patients and staff in accordance with all regulatory requirements.

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Sinead O’Hara, CC&A, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

AIM
To reduce the incidences of pressure injuries in the ICU by promoting pressure injury reporting pathway and pressure injury prevention strategies.

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Andrea Doyle, Vascular Access Quality & Safety Team, Tallaght University Hospital

AIM
Reduce device related infections, standardise practice to improve staff and patient outcomes, provide education and support to staff.

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Rachel McKeon, End of Life Care, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown

AIM
To create a more homely, familiar environment for patients, family/friends/caregivers filled with music, their favourite radio program, podcasts or news shows.

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Áine McArdle, Maternity, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda

AIM
The aim is to support midwives and improve their confidence & competence when facilitating memory-making, this will in turn will improve the quality of care given to bereaved families.

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Angela Tysall and Catherine Hand on behalf of National Open Disclosure Team, National Open Disclosure Office, HSE

AIM
To provide guidance and support to staff on the implementation of this role to meet policy and legislative requirements which will contribute to a compassionate response to patients and families involved in patient safety incidents.

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Debbie Tarleton, Bereavement CMS, St Lukes Kilkenny

AIM
The purpose of this initiative was to achieve greater continuity for bereaved families and allocate a designated space and time for bereaved families to receive a follow up consultation following the loss of their baby.

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Geraldine Madigan, Cancer Services, Cancer Clinical Trials, University Hospital Limerick

AIM
This aims to carry out a systematic review of the best level of evidence available to answer the proposed question; The impact of Emotional intelligence on the Well-being of women with Primary Breast Cancer using

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Ciara O’Rourke, Patient Advisory Liaison Service (PALS) Department, Beaumont Hospital

AIM

• To commence education on ‘effective communication when dealing with complaints’.
• To inform staff on complaints process and how to communicate when dealing with a complaint using the ASSIST model of communication.

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Breda Smith, Physiotherapy Department, HSE Cavan / Monaghan General Hospital

AIM

• Provide appropriate education, advice and exercises in a timely manner.
• Reduce the number of new patient DNAs.
• Reduce the length of the urgent orthopaedic OPD waiting list Improve patient flow.

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Prof Peter Conlon; Prof Norman Delanty; Ms Linda McEvoy; Ms Sharon Dwyer; Mr. Paul Cully, Clinical Effectiveness, Beaumont Hospital

AIM
The aims of the clinical metrics committee is to agree, collect and analyze key metrics identified by directorates as important quarterly and to benchmark against national and international standards.

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Emma Harte, Therapeutic Makeup Artist Service, National Rehabilitation Hospital

AIM

Referral forms outline specific rehabilitation goals and makeup sessions are structured to align with these goals and target specific difficulties. Goals generally categorised into following domains;

• Cognitive
• Physical
• Communication
• Wellbeing

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Ciara Savage, Medical Social Work Department, Beaumont Hospital

AIM
We aim to maximise the quality of our patients’ healthcare journey at the end-of-life by holistically assessing their needs and ensuring that important legal instruments such as marriage are available to them if so desired.

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Dr. Sophie Shinnors, Anaesthesia, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown

AIM
To introduce a hospital wide transition to NRFit™ (ISO 80369-6) connectors, to prevent wrong route drug administration.

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