Community Acquired

Pneumonia

Ed Cetti

Community Acquired Pneumonia

Ed Cetti

Measures up to April 2014

Oxygen Assessment Completed

Appropriate Antibiotic Selection

Blood Cultures Performed in A&E Prior to Initial Antibiotic Received

Antibiotics Received Within 6 Hours of Hospital Arrival

Smoking Cessation Offered to Smokers

CURB-65 score recorded

Measures April 2014 Onwards

CXR within 4 hours of hospital arrival

Oxygenation assessment completed within 1 hour of hospital arrival

Oxygen appropriately prescribed

Initial antibiotic received within 6 hours of hospital arrival

Appropriate initial antibiotic regimen received

CURB-65 score recorded

Outcomes

Length of Stay Actual by Quarter

Length of Stay Rolling 12 Month Average

In Hospital Mortality Actual by Quarter

In Hospital Mortality Rolling 12 Month Average

30 Day Readmission Actual by Quarter

30 Day Readmission Rolling 12 Month Average

The Future

• Still room for improvement – how to

facilitate this - ?peer review visits

The Future

• Sustainability

• Heavy burden of data collection

• Pneumonia pathway running for 5 years

• Do we ease of data collection – in what

way?