Improving Incontinence Care At Woodstock General Hospital

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Improving Incontinence Care At Woodstock General
Hospital
Project Leader June Spruce (jspruce_at_wgh.on.ca)T
eam Members Stasia Bradshaw, Discharge Planner
Kathie Cuylle, Resource Nurse Maria McDowell, RN
Results
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How they were implemented
The Changes Implemented

• Aim of Project
• To apply best practice principles to all patients
  identified with a urinary incontinence issue and
  implement the use of an assessment tool within 72
  hours of admission to 2 EAST.

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• strong, cohesive team with a commitment to
  improving care
• dedication to staff education through group and
  11 education
• informal networkiong
• support of the IC-5 project team

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• Triage form initiated on admission
• Detailed UI assessment when indicated
• New protocol for catheter removal
• Caffeine-free unit
• Staff education and orientation for new staff
  planned
• Incontinence products reviewed
• Patient education hand-out initiated
• Catheter products revised
• Data collection tool established
• Bladder scanner purchased

Start with a Great Team
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• Background/Introduction
• Woodstock General Hospital is 120 beds in
  South-western Ontario
• 25 bed chronic care unit with a 30 day ALDS.
• Rehab focus (mixed rehab, palliative)
• Strong team approach (PT, OT, Discharge
  Planning, Speech, Social Work, Dietician, RN,
  RPNs)
• Recognized that quality of life and options for
  discharge to home or retirement homes could be
  improved with a consistent approach.

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• Next Steps
• Continue to offer education to other units and
  long-term care facilities.
• Continue to sustain the project on the unit by
  using the data collection tool consistently
• Celebrate the success with our colleagues.