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Decreasing Unplanned Extubations by Taping Technique & Creating a Culture of Safety

Creators

Karishma Rao, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Beckie Palmer, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Christopher R. Nitkin, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Christian Anthony Schneider, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Brandy Huitt, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Molly Terhune, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Ashley Orwick, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Dianne Wilderson, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Sarah Carboneau, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Jenny McKee, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Kerrie A. Meinert, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Eugenia K. Pallotto, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

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Description

Describes strategies used to decrease the unplanned extubation rate in the Level IV neonatal intensive care unit to less than 1.0 event per 100 ventilator days by December 2018.

Publication Date

5-2019

Keywords

Airway Extubation; Safety Management; Patient Safety; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Hospitals, Pediatric

MeSH Keywords

NICU; ICN; unplanned extubation; culture of safety; children's hospitals

Disciplines

Patient Safety | Pediatric Nursing | Pediatrics

When and Where Presented

Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore MD, April 24-May 1, 2019

Recommended Citation

Rao, Karishma; Palmer, Beckie; Nitkin, Christopher R.; Schneider, Christian Anthony; Huitt, Brandy; Terhune, Molly; Orwick, Ashley; Wilderson, Dianne; Carboneau, Sarah; McKee, Jenny; Meinert, Kerrie A.; and Pallotto, Eugenia K., "Decreasing Unplanned Extubations by Taping Technique & Creating a Culture of Safety" (2019). Presentations. 12.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/presentations/12