Improving Plastic Dressing Clinic Burden by Reducing Punch Biopsy Referrals Using a Patient Information Leaflet: A Quality Improvement Project.

Background Although being a safe intervention with low complication rates, a significant proportion of patients undergoing punch biopsies were referred to the local plastic dressing clinic (PDC) despite providing minimal utility and adding to an already heavily burdened clinic. The aim of this quality improvement (QI) project was to reduce the number of patients who had undergone a punch biopsy who were referred to PDC. The steering group included a plastic surgeon consultant, a senior outpatient department (OPD) and a PDC nurse, and a junior trainee.