5 Keys to Successful Monitoring of Patients Receiving Opioids: Harold Oglesby, RRT Discusses More Than 10 "Event Free" Years of Patient Safety
CHICAGO, Sept. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Harold Oglesby, RRT (Manager, The Center for Pulmonary Health, Candler Hospital, St. Joseph's/Candler Health System) recently discussed more than 10 "event free" years of patient safety.
In an interview with the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS), Mr. Oglesby provides five keys to successful monitoring of patients receiving opioids.
"We wanted to know what are the keys to successful patient monitoring," said Michael Wong, JD (Executive Director, PPAHS). "We could think of no better person to speak with than Mr. Oglesby and St. Joseph's/Candler Health System. Since June 2004, SJC has been more than 10 "event free" years of patient safety. That's an incredible achievement is an example for all hospitals to strive to achieve."
During the interview, Mr. Oglesby emphasizes the need for proactive implementation of continuous patient monitoring:
We experienced three opioid-related events with serious outcomes in the two years preceding our embarking on a multiyear process of implementing an advanced IV medication safety system. This system is a modular IV medication safety system with PCA pumps and pulse oximetry and capnography monitors on a common technology platform.
This advanced IV medication system was used initially on a small scale more than 10 years ago. Now, capnography monitoring has become widespread at SJ/C. The monitoring technology is currently utilized for both non-intubated and intubated patients, in the ICU, on the general floor wherever patients are receiving opioids, in the emergency room, and for patients who are having procedural sedation.
However, please don't wait for the death of a patient or, as we did, for a serious adverse event to occur. If you truly believe in providing the best care you can for your patients, you'll be implement improvements now and not wait or a poor outcome to occur.
For more on the five keys to successful monitoring of patients receiving opioids and to read the complete interview, please visit the PPAHS blog at http://www.ppahs.org/blog/
About Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety
Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety is a non-profit 501(c)(3) whose mission is to promote safer clinical practices and standards for patients through collaboration among healthcare experts, professionals, scientific researchers, and others, in order to improve health care delivery. For more information, please go to www.ppahs.org
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