• J Nurs Care Qual · Apr 2018

    Project SITUP: An Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Aspiration Pneumonia.

    • Mary Beth OʼMalley, Rebecca L Trotta, Jeffrey Rohrbach, Vivek Ahya, and Christine Bradway.
    • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ms O'Malley and Drs Trotta and Bradway); Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia (Drs Trotta and Bradway); University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia (Mr Rohrbach); and Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Division, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Dr Ahya).
    • J Nurs Care Qual. 2018 Apr 1; 33 (2): 116-122.

    AbstractThe purpose of this quality improvement initiative was to improve oropharyngeal dysphagia screening and reduce aspiration pneumonia rates on 3 inpatient hospital medical units. Guided by a Plan-Do-Study-Act methodology, an interdisciplinary health team developed and implemented a systematic process for oropharyngeal dysphagia screening and management. As a result, use of the screening protocol increased, timely initiation of speech language pathology consultations increased, and aspiration pneumonia rates decreased.

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