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Hi it’s Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME where we provide tailor made solutions for long-term ventilated Adults & Children with Tracheostomies by improving their Quality of life and where we also provide tailor made solutions to hospitals and Intensive Care Units to save money and resources, whilst providing Quality Care!
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In this week’s blog I want to share an article published last week by the Murdoch children research institute that further supports the move away from Hospital care to home care even for Patients on IV(intravenous antibiotics)
Freeing up hospital beds—how children can leave hospital sooner!
This proposal of moving more children into the home even on IV antibiotics is well in line with the services we are providing and we know from experience that a lot more is possible at home, even for high acuity Patients on ventilators and tracheostomies, it’s a “no-brainer”.
The powerful combination of giving intravenous therapies at home plus ventilator/tracheostomy care at home with Critical Care trained nursing staff, opens the doors for even more opportunity to treat more and more Patients at home rather than in hospital/ Intensive Care!
A/Prof Penelope Bryant and her colleague Dr Naomi Katz from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) have done some research and they looked into if children on IV antibiotics can be looked after at home. Not surprising to me, they have come to the conclusion that it’s much safer to provide intravenous antibiotic therapy at home!
First author A/Professor Bryant who is the paediatric representative of the National Hospital-in-the-Home Society, said the study was an important step in trying to get children home sooner.
“Children do better psychologically at home, they get better faster, they are less at risk of hospital acquired infections, and dynamics are improved for the whole family,” Co-author Dr Naomi Katz said.
The review showed that selected patients with a variety of infections including skin infections, appendicitis, urinary tract infections, chest infections in cystic fibrosis and infections in cancer can be treated at home.
“It is likely that there are many patients currently being treated in hospital who could be treated at home, both in Australia and worldwide,” said A/Professor Bryant. “And it’s not just IV antibiotics – other traditional hospital interventions could also be given outside the hospital environment.
It’s certainly of no surprise to me that if the time in hospital spent can be minimised if of benefit to Patients, their families and to the health system overall!
You can read the original article here published on the Murdoch Children’s research institute!
https://www.mcri.edu.au/news/freeing-hospital-beds-%E2%80%93-how-children-can-leave-hospital-sooner
Freeing up hospital beds – how children can leave hospital sooner
Experts have found that some children with severe infections requiring intravenous (through the vein) (IV) antibiotics, can safely have these at home instead of in hospital. This will help children to leave hospital earlier, which will free up hospital beds and will allow kids to recover at home with their families.
A world-wide systematic review into the delivery of IV antibiotics by nurses visiting the child in their own home looked at whether this approach to treatment was as good as in hospital in terms of safety, cost and patient satisfaction.
The study published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases looked at studies across Australia and the globe where children were given IV antibiotics at home and compared them to those given in hospital. The results showed that patients and families preferred to be at home and that it was cost effective for the healthcare system, freeing up beds for other patients.
The authors of the systematic review were A/Professor Penelope Bryant and Dr Naomi Katz from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI).
First author A/Professor Bryant who is the paediatric representative of the National Hospital-in-the-Home Society, said the study was an important step in trying to get children home sooner.
“Many children in hospital are on IV antibiotics. Most parents would prefer their children to be at home if it is safe to do so. This study gives the evidence to support doctors to treat their patients with IV antibiotics at home while keeping them under daily medical review.
If we can get children safely home even one day earlier, then that’s a good thing,” she said. “Children do better psychologically at home, they get better faster, they are less at risk of hospital acquired infections, and dynamics are improved for the whole family,” Co-author Dr Naomi Katz said.
The review showed that selected patients with a variety of infections including skin infections, appendicitis, urinary tract infections, chest infections in cystic fibrosis and infections in cancer can be treated at home.
“It is likely that there are many patients currently being treated in hospital who could be treated at home, both in Australia and worldwide,” said A/Professor Bryant. “And it’s not just IV antibiotics – other traditional hospital interventions could also be given outside the hospital environment. To see just how far-reaching into improving healthcare this type of program could be, further research is needed. We are currently looking at trying to prevent some patients from having to be admitted to hospital at all.”
Patrik Hutzel
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This is Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME and I see you again next week in another update!