Prospective Study Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc 2016

Applying quality improvement methods in a hyperbaric oxygen program: reducing unnecessary glucose testing.

Stevens SL, Sorita A, Narr AJ, Claus PL, Tescher A, Millman MP, et al. — Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc, 2016

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers implemented a quality improvement project to standardize glucose checks for diabetic patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

What They Found

The new nurse-led protocol reduced glucose checks per session by 37.7% (from 2.84 to 1.77, P<0.001) compared to baseline. Compliance with the new protocol was 97.3%, an increase from 84.2% (P<0.001), and no symptomatic hypoglycemic events occurred post-implementation.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it was conducted in a non-Canadian setting.

Study Limitations

A limitation of this quality improvement project is its single-center nature, which may limit generalizability to other hyperbaric programs.

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Study Details

Study Type	Prospective Study
Category	Uncategorised
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	28763172
Year Published	2016
Journal	Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc
MeSH Terms	Blood Glucose; Clinical Protocols; Diabetes Mellitus; Feasibility Studies; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Hypoglycemia; Patient Care Team; Practice Patterns, Nurses'; Prospective Studies; Quality Improvement; Quality of Health Care; Time Factors; Unnecessary Procedures

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