WINNER

Barts Health Trust

The BLISTER Project – Reducing Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections

Cardiac implantable electronic device infection is a devastating procedural complication, causing considerable patient mortality worldwide. Through a multicentre collaboration involving more than 12,000 patients, the team has developed a novel score for identifying patients at increased risk of CIED infection. The BLISTER score assigns incremental antimicrobial strategies to these patients, and this cost-effective bedside intervention has been adopted by NHS England as the national standard for reimbursement, and is also endorsed by the British Heart Rhythm Society.

Since adopting BLISTER as a risk stratification tool, CIED infection rates are down to 0.5 per cent, with annual cost savings of £103,000.

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Highly commended: Guy’s and St Thomas’ FT: Mechanical Life Support

Finalists:

  • Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital and Patient Safety Collaborative - Health Innovations Kent Surrey Sussex: Reducing Preterm Birth: A Success Story
  • Humber Teaching FT: Emergency Department Mental Health Streaming
  • Royal Berkshire FT: MIND THE HAP – A Multidisciplinary Project to Reduce the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia on the Elderly Care Wards
  • Kettering General Hospital FT: Post Op – The Patient Experience App: Transforming Patient Safety and Healthcare Efficiency with Digital Care
  • Imperial College Healthcare Trust: North West London Remote Monitoring and Prioritisation Pathway for Cardiac Procedural Waiting Lists
  • Liverpool Heart and Chest FT: Closed Loop Medications in a Specialist Trust Setting
  • University Hospitals Sussex FT: The Sussex Acuity Matrix Score: An efficient, Risk-Stratification Tool to Prioritise Clinical Care and Patient Safety in the ED

 

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