Publications by authors named "Dimple Mirchandani"
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on understanding the use and reasons for long-term central venous catheters (CVCs) in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and aimed to find ways to reduce their use.
- Researchers created an electronic report to track patients with CVCs for 7 days or more, held weekly meetings to review the need for each CVC, and made recommendations for their removal.
- The intervention, which included education and categorization of CVC indications, successfully led to a decrease in long-term CVC utilization during the study period.
Objectives: Design, implement, and evaluate a rounding checklist with deeply embedded, dynamic electronic health record integration.
Design: Before-after quality-improvement study.
Setting: Quaternary PICU in an academic, free-standing children's hospital.