Improving perioperative acetaminophen administration for safer and cost-effective multimodal analgesia in pediatric surgery: A QI initiative.

Background: The use of acetaminophen in the perioperative period has emerged as an attractive option for providing safer and cost-effective analgesia in children.

Aims: The primary aim of our project was to increase the use of acetaminophen (both oral and intravenous) in the perioperative period from a baseline of 39.5% to 50% for all surgical patients within 24 months.

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Transform Seasonal Immunization Processes Using Learning from the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic.

Background: Surge demands for annual influenza vaccines challenge healthcare systems. Mass immunizations differ from the traditional care model. The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic challenged current care models with amplified demand and infection risks while challenging the organization to create new and improve existing processes.

Pediatric influenza vaccination in the perioperative setting: A quality improvement project.

Introduction/background: Unmet need for seasonal influenza vaccination administration to pediatric patients exists at national and local levels. Vaccination during the perioperative period remains controversial, though opportunity exists to meet vaccination need through perioperative programs. The initial SMART Aim of this quality improvement initiative was to establish and increase seasonal influenza vaccination rate in eligible patients during in person preoperative clinic visits in a pediatric perioperative surgical home (PSH) to 10%.