Allison, Emma and Jonker, Leon
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5867-4663
(2012)
Do patients with Parkinson’s Disease receive their medication on time?
Online Journal of Clinical Audits, 4
(1).
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Abstract
Aims: To audit any delays in delivery of patients’ usual anti-Parkinson’s disease medication (PD medication) when admitted to the acute admissions.
Methods: A retrospective audit of 17 patient admissions conducted in November 2010 at the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle (CIC), examining the delay in medication delivery from time of admission. Following improvement strategies, a prospective re-audit of 15 admissions was carried out between 11 months later to monitor any improvements made. A data collection sheet was devised and used for both audits.
Results: Initial audit showed only 47% of patients did not experience delays with medicine administration; 29% waited more than 24hours. Re-audit showed a reduction in waiting times, with 73% of patients experiencing no delay and the remaining 27% waiting less than 24hours.
Conclusions: Vast improvements made, reducing delay in delivery of patients’ usual anti-Parkinson’s disease medication, though not statistically significant. Ongoing improvement plans have education at the centre, to improve understanding amongst health care professionals of potential serious consequences omission of anti-Parkinson’s medication can have.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal / Publication Title: | Online Journal of Clinical Audits |
| Publisher: | ClinicalAudits.com |
| ISSN: | 2042-4779 |
| Departments: | Academic Departments > Medical & Sport Sciences (MSS) > Health and Medical Sciences |
| Additional Information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. |
| Depositing User: | Anna Lupton |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2017 15:45 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2024 10:45 |
| URI: | https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/3349 |
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