Affecting Length of Stay in Well-appearing Febrile Infants.

Unlabelled: The management of infants under 2 months of age presenting with fever has perplexed pediatricians for decades. The University of Illinois at Chicago was selected as one of the primary sites for the REVISE (Reducing Variation in Infant Sepsis Evaluations) study through the American Academy of Pediatrics. Our primary objective was to decrease the length of stay (LOS) for well-appearing febrile infants by 20% over 8 months from December 2016 to August 2017.

Interdisciplinary team training identifies discrepancies in institutional policies and practices.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of an interdisciplinary team-training program in obstetric emergencies on identifying unsupportive institutional policies and systems-based practices. We implemented a qualitative study design with a purposive sample of interdisciplinary physicians, nurses, and ancillary allied health professionals from 4 specialties (n = 79) to conduct a 6-month, weekly simulation-based intervention for managing obstetric emergencies. Debriefing focused on identifying discrepancies between clinical practice and institutional policies.