SecurAcath 2024 NOVA SCOTIA HEALTH QUALITY AWARD WINNER

Shawn and Melissa discuss the
EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT SAFETY AWARD they received from Nova Scotia Health
Recognizes individuals/teams committed to improving patient safety within healthcare, through leadership, culture, best practices, innovation, or change management.
Initiative: Implementing SecurAcath with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Line insertions to reduce catheter related complications such as site infection, migration, and dislodgement.
Summary: Noting that many patients with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC) lines were returning to hospital due to their line becoming dislodged, migrated, eroded at the insertion site or infected, the team working in the Ambulatory Treatment Center (ATC) at the Aberdeen Regional Hospital initiated a trial using a new product, SecurAcath, a subcutaneous anchor system for PICC lines. Following the implementation of this patient safety focused trial, the team has measured a marked improvement in patient care, reduction of patient return rates, improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of the resources and nursing care time both in hospital and the community.
Project Team: Tanya MacDonald, Shawn Parnell, Melissa Roy, Jennifer Sutherland, Shawna Chenell, Chanda MacDonald, Angela Foote, Jill Frazee, Jackie Jamieson and Nipro Canada.