Quality improvement project demonstrating a sustained increase in the assessment and sampling of ascites for hospitalised patients with cirrhosis

IF 2.4 Q3 GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY Frontline Gastroenterology Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI:10.1136/flgastro-2023-102531
Elizabeth L Herrle, Monica Thim, Matthew S Buttarazzi, Jenna Ptaschinski, Victoria Molina, Natalie Channell, Lesley B Gordon
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Objective Using quality improvement techniques, we aimed to improve the rate of assessment and sampling of ascitic fluid for the purpose of diagnosing spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with cirrhosis admitted to the hospitalist service of our institution. Design/methods Based on stakeholder needs assessment, we implemented interventions targeting provider knowledge, procedure workflows and clinical decision support. We analysed key metrics during preintervention (September–December 2020), intervention roll-out (January–April 2021), postintervention (May–September 2021) and sustainability (September–December 2022) periods for admissions of patients with cirrhosis to our hospitalist service at Maine Medical Center, a 700-bed tertiary-care academic hospital in Portland, Maine, USA. Results Among patients with cirrhosis admitted to our service, documentation of assessment for paracentesis increased from a preintervention baseline of 60.1% to 93.5% (p<0.005) postintervention. For patients with ascites potentially amenable to paracentesis, diagnostic paracentesis rate increased from 59.7% to 93% (p<0.005), with the rate of paracentesis within 24 hours increasing from 52.6% to 77.2% (p=0.01). These improvements persisted during our sustainability period. Complication rate was low (1.2%) across all study periods. Conclusion Our quality improvement project led to a sustained improvement in the identification of patients with cirrhosis needing diagnostic paracentesis and an increased procedure completion rate. This improvement strategy serves as a model for needed work toward closing a national performance gap for patients with cirrhosis.
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Frontline Gastroenterology
Frontline Gastroenterology GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY-
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期刊介绍: Frontline Gastroenterology publishes articles that accelerate adoption of innovative and best practice in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology. Frontline Gastroenterology is especially interested in articles on multidisciplinary research and care, focusing on both retrospective assessments of novel models of care as well as putative future directions of best practice. Specifically Frontline Gastroenterology publishes articles in the domains of clinical quality, patient experience, service provision and medical education.
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