Morbidity and mortality audit

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Presenter, All Clinical departmental heads; These meetings are conducted on a regular basis and are focused on understanding the factors that might have contributed to the morbidities and mortalities registered within each month, this has led to an overall improvement in the care of our patients since it involves all clinical departments discussing and auditing the quality improvement measures. A total of eight presentations were made in each of the audit meetings held. Discussions on how to improve and minimize the re-occurrence of the same are conducted with a clear way forward plan laid out. Reflection on the previous meetings’ way forward plan is also made to assess the progress. Each meeting goes for a duration of 3 hours or even longer depending on the matters arising . A total number of 2 meetings have been conducted, which amounts to 6 hours. Here are the key take away points from each presentation We discussed patients who had brain tumors and had undergone surgery with or without adjuvant therapy. Reviewed laboratory microbiological results and antibiotic regimens for inpatient infections. Medication Management, discussed medications especially prescription errors captured over a period of time. Looked at dat of patients with hydrocephalus and likely complications, malnutrition and late presentation contributes highly on our morbidity. Hospital-acquired infections, emphasis on hand hygiene as a preventive measure. Other discussions were on spina bifida patient and physiotherapy