Weekly Update Oct 27, 2023

KUDOS

Ed day participants with great comments, insight and engagement. 

Unit 2 team on Oct 25 for getting a very complicated terminal clean accomplished on a long-term patient coming off of precaution. IPC brownie points!

Tanzly for doing ed days solo. (We can confirm proof of life for Cherie). 

Staff Scheduling reference material

We’ve been getting some flags about confusion with requesting leaves and other requests with the new staff scheduling site. At the end of Sept there would have been messaging about information sessions on some process changes with the new site. If you missed this there are both explanatory videos and reference documents on the staff scheduling site help page. Just scroll to the very bottom of the site once you are logged in and click on ‘Help’.

For example, there is this video on Entering Sick Time and Request Time Off plus many others. If you have had leave requests denied with comments like “wrong leave type” please look at these help resources as the denial could be just based on how it was requested.

Ed Day Insights

Morning team huddles at each unit help getting to know your colleagues for the shift, identify which patients you're worried about, what new practices you might need help with etc. Any staff member is invited to ask the group for a huddle if doesn't happen organically. 

Everyone is expected to be able to do an admission solo BUT everyone doesn't have to do an admission solo. In fact it can be more efficient to tag team these. So, please feel free to ask for and offer to help with admissions. 

PEWS doesn't work in preventing bad outcomes for the team (nursing AND physicians) if it isn't a part everyday communication at all key transfers. So let's talk PEWS and report PEWS yellow and red at shift change, CN updates, huddles, CN report, tuck in rounds. Physicians and residents are also being asked to do the same at resident handover and morning rounds. AND you can update it on SCM so there is a visual flag on your status boards. 

IPC Update 

We've only had 1 HAI this month. Great work everyone, that's so very close to the goal of 0!

Medication Safety with Patient Transfers

Any med that is not pharmacy prepared from other hospital, such as a dose drawn up from a multi dose vial, must be discarded. If a recently admitted patient requires an urgent medication dose, contact MRP/resident and get an immediate order that you can send to pharmacy as a stat. More on medication management for transferred patients will be coming in the future. 

Peer immunizer clinics

Thanks to David P for being our peer immunizer. He will have staff clinics for Flu and COVID vaccines on the following dates:

October 30 0915-1300 (rm 2395)

November 13 1030-1430 (rm 2395)

November 20 1030-1430 (rm 2395)

November 23 0930-1330 (rm 2395)

November 27 1030-1430 (rm 2395)

CNE Updates

Weaning Scoring – this is NOT done with vitals. It MUST be done: DAY SHIFT: 1100, 1500, 1900; NIGHT SHIFT: 2300, 0300, 0700.

3.     NEW Precautions signs are province wide. Here’s a link to some interesting Facts about Droplet Contact Plus patients (and how to keep yourself safe): IPAC-G-0024 Droplet Contact Plus Precautions (saskhealthauthority.ca)

Elearning reminder for everyone to go to the following and complete/send Tanzly the certificates for:
https://skhalearninganddevelopment.thinkific.com/courses/take/baby-friendly-initiative

https://skhalearninganddevelopment.thinkific.com/courses/take/breast-chest-feeding-module

New SHA Procedures – Disclosure of Personal Health Information to Police Procedure and Access and Disclosure of Personal Health Information Procedure - check your SHA email for details.