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.

Measurable results: Reducing staff injuries on a specialty psychiatric unit for patients with developmental disabilities.

Background: Quality improvement initiative focused on staff injury reduction on a specialized inpatient psychiatric unit which offers acute stabilization for children and adolescents with complex high-risk behaviors.

Objective: To utilize quality improvement principles and interventions to reduce staff injuries on a specialized inpatient child/adolescent psychiatric unit.

Participants: Direct care clinical staff within an inpatient psychiatric unit for patients with co-occurring developmental disabilities and psychiatric illness were the focus of the initiative.