Impact of standardization of in-ward urine output measurement in post - operative patients: a clinical audit | Zendy

M. H. Prashath | Zendy; G. S. Sandhakumari | Zendy; R. C. Siriwardana | Zendy

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Impact of standardization of in-ward urine output measurement in post - operative patients: a clinical audit

Author(s) -

M. H. Prashath,

G. S. Sandhakumari,

R. C. Siriwardana

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

sri lanka journal of surgery/sri lanka journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2279-2201

pISSN - 0379-8240

DOI - 10.4038/sljs.v37i4.8637

Subject(s) - medical journal , medicine , sri lanka , standardization , audit , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , medical education , family medicine , political science , accounting , tanzania , law , business , sociology , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , ethnology , epistemology

Urine output (UOP) is a key parameter used in post-operative patients to monitor the recovery. In our setup, this is done by patients or caregivers. An audit cycle was carried out to develop and evaluate a standardized protocol to improve the accuracy of UOP measurement. The pre-audit assessment was done evaluating: individualu0027s ability in measuring and record keeping, characteristics of the measuring container and error of measurement. Subsequently, corrections were done in these areas. The cycle was completed comparing the error of measurement as an outcome. The intervention group had fewer errors compared to the pre-audit group. Errors can be overcome by a standardized measuring protocol.

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