Improving timing of antibiotics in neonates with early onset sepsis - Quality improvement project

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Early onset sepsis (EOS) is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Timely administration of antibiotics is crucial in management. We initiated a quality improvement project to improve timely administration of antibiotics. METHOD(S): Primary drivers of change identified by the team were improving delivery of antibiotics from pharmacy and improving time to admit in the electronic medical record (EMR) in order to improve overall timeliness of antibiotics administration. Timings of antibiotics administration was tracked by using a control chart. Timings of antibiotics and outcomes of pre-intervention (December 2016) were compared with post intervention of PDSA cycles (January 2017-November 2018). RESULT(S): There was statistically significant improvement in time to admission in electronic medical records over the time periods of pre-intervention, PDSA I and PDSA II (p-value
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