Implementing Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines: Improving Compliance With Lactate Measurement in the PICU

OBJECTIVES:. The 2020 pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign (pSSC) recommends measuring lactate during the first hour of resuscitation for severe sepsis/shock. We aimed to improve compliance with this recommendation for patients who develop severe sepsis/shock while admitted to the PICU. DESIGN:. Stru...

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Main Authors: Anisha Mazloom, MD, Stacey M. Sears, DNP, CPNP-AC, Erin F. Carlton, MD, MSc, Katherine E. Bates, MD, MSHP, Heidi R. Flori, MD
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2023-04-01
Series:Critical Care Explorations
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000906
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author Anisha Mazloom, MD
Stacey M. Sears, DNP, CPNP-AC
Erin F. Carlton, MD, MSc
Katherine E. Bates, MD, MSHP
Heidi R. Flori, MD
author_facet Anisha Mazloom, MD
Stacey M. Sears, DNP, CPNP-AC
Erin F. Carlton, MD, MSc
Katherine E. Bates, MD, MSHP
Heidi R. Flori, MD
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description OBJECTIVES:. The 2020 pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign (pSSC) recommends measuring lactate during the first hour of resuscitation for severe sepsis/shock. We aimed to improve compliance with this recommendation for patients who develop severe sepsis/shock while admitted to the PICU. DESIGN:. Structured, quality improvement initiative. SETTING:. Single-center, 26-bed, quaternary-care PICU. PATIENTS:. All patients with PICU-onset severe sepsis/shock from December 2018 to December 2021. INTERVENTIONS:. Creation of a multidisciplinary local sepsis improvement team, education program targeting frontline providers (nurse practitioners, resident physicians), and peer-to-peer nursing education program with feedback to key stakeholders. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:. The primary outcome measure was compliance with obtaining a lactate measurement within 60 minutes of the onset of severe sepsis/shock originating in our PICU using a local Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes database and definitions. The process measure was time to first lactate measurement. Secondary outcomes included number of IV antibiotic days, number of vasoactive days, number of ICU days, and number of ventilator days. A total of 166 unique PICU-onset severe sepsis/shock events and 156 unique patients were included. One year after implementation of our first interventions with subsequent Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, overall compliance increased from 38% to 47% (24% improvement) and time to first lactate decreased from 175 to 94 minutes (46% improvement). Using a statistical process control I chart, the preshift mean for time to first lactate measurement was noted to be 179 minutes and the postshift mean was noted to be 81 minutes demonstrating a 55% improvement. CONCLUSIONS:. This multidisciplinary approach led to improvement in time to first lactate measurement, an important step toward attaining our target of lactate measurement within 60 minutes of septic shock identification. Improving compliance is necessary for understanding implications of the 2020 pSSC guidelines on sepsis morbidity and mortality.
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spelling doaj.art-5072abddd206450f8ecd23147ad6067c2023-04-24T10:02:29ZengWolters KluwerCritical Care Explorations2639-80282023-04-0154e090610.1097/CCE.0000000000000906202304000-00022Implementing Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines: Improving Compliance With Lactate Measurement in the PICUAnisha Mazloom, MD0Stacey M. Sears, DNP, CPNP-AC1Erin F. Carlton, MD, MSc2Katherine E. Bates, MD, MSHP3Heidi R. Flori, MD41 Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.1 Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.1 Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.3 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.1 Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.OBJECTIVES:. The 2020 pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign (pSSC) recommends measuring lactate during the first hour of resuscitation for severe sepsis/shock. We aimed to improve compliance with this recommendation for patients who develop severe sepsis/shock while admitted to the PICU. DESIGN:. Structured, quality improvement initiative. SETTING:. Single-center, 26-bed, quaternary-care PICU. PATIENTS:. All patients with PICU-onset severe sepsis/shock from December 2018 to December 2021. INTERVENTIONS:. Creation of a multidisciplinary local sepsis improvement team, education program targeting frontline providers (nurse practitioners, resident physicians), and peer-to-peer nursing education program with feedback to key stakeholders. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:. The primary outcome measure was compliance with obtaining a lactate measurement within 60 minutes of the onset of severe sepsis/shock originating in our PICU using a local Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes database and definitions. The process measure was time to first lactate measurement. Secondary outcomes included number of IV antibiotic days, number of vasoactive days, number of ICU days, and number of ventilator days. A total of 166 unique PICU-onset severe sepsis/shock events and 156 unique patients were included. One year after implementation of our first interventions with subsequent Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, overall compliance increased from 38% to 47% (24% improvement) and time to first lactate decreased from 175 to 94 minutes (46% improvement). Using a statistical process control I chart, the preshift mean for time to first lactate measurement was noted to be 179 minutes and the postshift mean was noted to be 81 minutes demonstrating a 55% improvement. CONCLUSIONS:. This multidisciplinary approach led to improvement in time to first lactate measurement, an important step toward attaining our target of lactate measurement within 60 minutes of septic shock identification. Improving compliance is necessary for understanding implications of the 2020 pSSC guidelines on sepsis morbidity and mortality.http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000906
spellingShingle Anisha Mazloom, MD
Stacey M. Sears, DNP, CPNP-AC
Erin F. Carlton, MD, MSc
Katherine E. Bates, MD, MSHP
Heidi R. Flori, MD
Implementing Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines: Improving Compliance With Lactate Measurement in the PICU
Critical Care Explorations
title Implementing Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines: Improving Compliance With Lactate Measurement in the PICU
title_full Implementing Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines: Improving Compliance With Lactate Measurement in the PICU
title_fullStr Implementing Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines: Improving Compliance With Lactate Measurement in the PICU
title_full_unstemmed Implementing Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines: Improving Compliance With Lactate Measurement in the PICU
title_short Implementing Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines: Improving Compliance With Lactate Measurement in the PICU
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url http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000906
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