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Aim Determine compliance rate with a local policy implemented in 2017, and whether interventions from audit cycle 1 were successful. The policy stated that all children aged 6-18 with acute abdominal pain must initially be reviewed by the ED registrar/consultant and have a documented Alvarado score.  Method A closed loop audit on adherence to the 2017 policy and negative appendicectomy rate in children aged 6 to 18, with suspected appendicitis. The data were collected and analysed. Areas for improvement were discussed at the M&amp;M meeting, alongside methods to achieve these improvements. Results The study included 67 patients aged 6-18 who underwent an appendicectomy in 2019. The study found that the Alvarado score had only 14.29% specificity. There was poor adherence to the 2017 protocol as only 36% had a documented Alvarado score and 55% had a senior ED review. Audit cycle 1 recommended improvement of ultrasound quality and increased use of CT scanning to reduce the negative appendicectomy rate. We found that only 2 patients had a CT. The negative appendicectomy rate in patients with and without an ultrasound remained at 8%, indicating no quality improvement. Nevertheless, our primary outcome showed that negative appendicectomy rates reduced from 28% to 11%. Conclusion These results demonstrate negligible impact of ultrasound and Alvarado scores. Good history-taking and clinical examination skills are key in reducing the negative appendicectomy rate. A specific ambulatory care pathway for children with suspected appendicitis has been implemented to lower inpatient stays and cost impact of unnecessary laparoscopies. 

british journal of surgery

EP.FRI.60 A complete audit cycle into the paediatric negative appendicectomy rate for children presenting to A&amp;E with suspected appendicitis at a District General Hospital