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Background In children with cancer infections are the most frequent complication, with fatal outcomes if not addressed promptly. Therefore, care and prevention of infections in these patients require multidisciplinary interventions, with effective communication among healthcare providers to reduce the morbidity, length of stay, and the inappropriate use of resources. We used the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) model for improving the communication among healthcare providers by using patient daily goals after the oncology pediatric unit multidisciplinary rounds. Methods A multidisciplinary team was identified in the pediatric oncology unit. The team received weekly coaching on the IHI methodology. The methodology used included the creation of a block diagram to understand the baseline processes and a key driver diagram. Then, after a literature review, a data collection plan and measures were identified. The team identified different ideas for changes and prioritized them using an impact-effort matrix. Finally, several rounds of Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles reached the desired changes that organized the patient daily goals for sharing in the form of a worksheet. This worksheet was shared with nurses and pharmacist staff, a chat group was created, and the routine use of the daily goals for patient management was taught and incorporated into the rest of the care team staff. The percentage of excellent communication among all multidisciplinary teams and outcomes (length of stay, intensive care unit admission, and mortality) were recorded at baseline and endline. We determined the statistical significance of the baseline vs. endline difference by using χ 2 and t-tests. Results A total of 105 patients with suspected infections were included over a 6-month period (June through November 2019). We found a significant increase per month in the percent of agreement in excellent communication in the patient daily goals between infectious diseases specialist faculty and fellows, nurses, pharmacist, and pediatric oncology faculty and fellows (33.3% vs. 91.3%) (P = 0.004). Length of stay decreased monthly after our interventions (baseline: mean 14.7 days [SD 12.4] vs. after intervention: mean 6.7 days [SD 2.7]) (P = 0.014). There were only one ICU admission and no deaths during the implementation period. Conclusions Our approach using patient daily goals improved communication among a multidisciplinary team, leading to decreased length of stay and supporting adequate outcomes.

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

#69: Improving Communication About the Care and Prevention of Infections in a Pediatric Oncology Unit by Using Patient Daily Goals in Multidisciplinary Rounds