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- Patients with a history of bone marrow transplants are at a greater risk of infections due to weakened immune systems, making timely antibiotic treatment crucial to reduce morbidity and mortality.
- A quality improvement (QI) initiative called BMT Fever was introduced to enhance the speed of antibiotic administration for these patients presenting with fever at the emergency department (ED).
- Results showed a significant improvement in timely antibiotic delivery, with rates increasing from 21% to 85% post-implementation, demonstrating the effectiveness of addressing structural obstacles in the process.
Article Abstract
Purpose: Patients with a history of a bone marrow transplant (BMT) have a higher risk of infectious complications because of an immunocompromised state. It has been shown that giving timely antibiotics in 1 hour or less from presentation to the emergency department (ED) decreases morbidity and mortality in this patient population. We hypothesize that a quality improvement (QI) process, termed BMT Fever, will improve timely administration of antibiotics for this population presenting to the ED.
Methods: This is a QI process designed to improve the administration of antibiotics to BMT patients with a subjective or objective fever presenting to the ED. The percent of patients receiving antibiotics within 1 hour or less was compared pre- and post-intervention.
Results: Upon implementation of the BMT Fever QI process, the percentage of patients with febrile BMT receiving antibiotics within 1 hour or less per fiscal quarter significantly improved from six out of 28 patients (21%) to 147 out of 173 patients (85%), value < .05.
Conclusion: By implementing a QI process that addresses five structural obstacles, we were able to improve our timely administration of antibiotics to patients with febrile BMT presenting to the ED.
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