Design of the standardizing care to improve outcomes in pediatric end stage renal disease collaborative.

2014 Sep

Journal Article

Authors:

Secondary:
Pediatr Nephrol

Volume:
29

Pagination:
1477-84

Issue:
9

PMID:
25055994

DOI:
10.1007/s00467-014-2891-7

Keywords:
Catheter-Related Infections; Child; Cooperative Behavior; Humans; Kidney Failure, Chronic; pediatrics; peritoneal dialysis; Quality Improvement

Abstract:
<p>The Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric End Stage Renal Disease (SCOPE) Collaborative is a North American multi-center quality transformation effort whose primary aim is to minimize exit-site infection and peritonitis rates among pediatric chronic peritoneal dialysis patients. The project, developed by the quality improvement faculty and staff at the Children&#039;s Hospital Association&#039;s Quality Transformation Network (QTN) and content experts in pediatric nephrology and pediatric infectious diseases, is modeled after the QTN&#039;s highly successful Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Hematology-Oncology central line-associated blood-stream infection (CLABSI) Collaboratives. Like the Association&#039;s other QTN efforts, the SCOPE Collaborative is part of a broader effort to assist pediatric nephrology teams in learning about and using quality improvement methods to develop and implement evidence-based practices. In addition, the design of this project allows for targeted research that builds on high-quality, ongoing data collection. Finally, the project, while focused on reducing peritoneal dialysis catheter-associated infections, will also serve as a model for future pediatric nephrology projects that could further improve the quality of care provided to children with end stage renal disease.</p>