Resus Trolley Audit Report
Introduction
We decided to perform an audit on the resuscitation (resus) trolley, as we wanted to ensure that standards and protocols were still being complied with as our ward only opened in February, and at this current time we are undergoing significant changes. Policies are created by authorised personal to ensure optimal patient care and patient safety. These policies and guidelines are put in place for all health care workers to follow, in order to minimize the clinical risks and to strengthen clinical safety. The resus trolley is a significant piece of equipment that requires educations and training to ensure its proper use in an emergency situation. There are policies in place to ensure all the contents within the trolley are readily available to staff when needed. If these …show more content…
Checked and signed,
2. Made sure the equipment and contents were all in good working condition and in date.
3. Made sure the Trolley had been rechecked post using it in an emergency.
4. Checking to ensure there was no excess items found in the trolley.
During the auditing process we realised that the policy on checking the resus trolley had been updated. So we printed the new Protocol off and changed what was not needed in the trolley. Because of this, there are a few faults in our results, as we had to wait for certain equipment to be delivered and excess equipment was also found.
Discussion
Clinical governance is implied in standard one of the ten National safety and Quality Health Services Standards. Health organisation and services enforce clinical governance systems such as quality improvement audits to set, monitor and improve the performance of patient care and quality of patient out come. There are four pillars to clinical governance that help structure the compliance and manage the patient out come. Quality improvement audits are regularly conducted in health care settings, to ensure that the best patient care is provides at all patients within healthcare
We decided to perform an audit on the resuscitation (resus) trolley, as we wanted to ensure that standards and protocols were still being complied with as our ward only opened in February, and at this current time we are undergoing significant changes. Policies are created by authorised personal to ensure optimal patient care and patient safety. These policies and guidelines are put in place for all health care workers to follow, in order to minimize the clinical risks and to strengthen clinical safety. The resus trolley is a significant piece of equipment that requires educations and training to ensure its proper use in an emergency situation. There are policies in place to ensure all the contents within the trolley are readily available to staff when needed. If these …show more content…
Checked and signed,
2. Made sure the equipment and contents were all in good working condition and in date.
3. Made sure the Trolley had been rechecked post using it in an emergency.
4. Checking to ensure there was no excess items found in the trolley.
During the auditing process we realised that the policy on checking the resus trolley had been updated. So we printed the new Protocol off and changed what was not needed in the trolley. Because of this, there are a few faults in our results, as we had to wait for certain equipment to be delivered and excess equipment was also found.
Discussion
Clinical governance is implied in standard one of the ten National safety and Quality Health Services Standards. Health organisation and services enforce clinical governance systems such as quality improvement audits to set, monitor and improve the performance of patient care and quality of patient out come. There are four pillars to clinical governance that help structure the compliance and manage the patient out come. Quality improvement audits are regularly conducted in health care settings, to ensure that the best patient care is provides at all patients within healthcare