CSI Summary
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Project Topic
Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPI)
Hospital Unit(s)ICU-Telemetry
2South-Medical
3West-Medical/Surgical
CSI Participants
Rachael Graetz, BSN, RN
Victoria Ketchum, BA, ATC, PTA
Debbie Pomeroy, BSN, CWON, RN
Paige Ruesch, BSN, RN
Charli Saxton, CNA
Jena Trujillo, BSN, RN
Project Goals/Objectives
- Decrease the occurrence of HAPIs 10%
- Implement a standardized skin assessment and achieve utilization by 75% of staff
Project Outcomes
- Decreased HAPIs 56% (from 18 to 8)
- Increased compliance with skin assessment double-verification in the ICU to 85%
- These outcomes resulted in an estimated annual fiscal impact of $145,060.
Project Overview
Overall, our CSI project was a success: We were able to decrease the number of HAPIs occurring during a specific studied time period on three units in the hospital, and to implement a standardized skin assessment documentation protocol with CNAs providing the second verification. Challenges still remain with documentation — verbiage needs to be further simplified and mandatory fields need to be reviewed and possibly changed to optional fields to correctly capture the task performed.
Permission to Reuse Materials
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Disclaimer
The AACN CSI Academy program supports change projects based on quality improvement methods. Although CSI teams seek to ensure linkage between their project and clinical/fiscal outcomes, data cannot be solely attributed to the project and are estimations of impact.