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The Use of Bleomycin for Sclerotherapy in Lymphatic and Venous Malformations
Editor’s Note: Following are abstracts from posters presented at the Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing (ARIN) 29th Annual Convention held March 14e17, 2010, in Tampa, FL PS-001 Eliminating Clostridium Difficile Spread in IR Procedure Rooms
governance council in a medical imaging department using Appreciative Inquiry.
Margaret Smith, RN, UMHS Ann Arbor, MI
PS-003 The Use of Bleomycin for Sclerotherapy in Lymphatic and Venous Malformations
Co-Presenter: Dyan Smith, RN
Susan Keuker, BSN, RN Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
Clostridium difficile is an illness that is often spread in the health care setting through contact with infected patients. Developing a plan to educate the staff and provide the necessary equipment is an important component of the infection control policies within a radiology department. Working with the infection control department, we developed an evidence-based plan for the radiology department at the University of Michigan. This poster describes a multidisciplinary approach in the prevention of the spread of C. diff: Evidence-based, step-by-step process to prevent the spread of C. diff to other patients and procedure rooms within the radiology department. The specific equipment needed to care for a patient diagnosed with C. diff. Specific precautions to take while caring for a patient with C. diff. Example of the tool used to inform the staff of a patient diagnosed with C. diff. The procedure for sanitizing the room postprocedure. PS-002 Implementation of Shared Governance on Employee Empowerment and Patient Satisfaction in a Medical Imaging Department Sara Hawkins, MSN, RN, CRN Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Idaho Falls, ID In response to uneven quality of care, hospitals have been directed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to publicly report patient outcomes and satisfaction results. Creation of such a national report card demands a level of accountability from acute care facilities that can drive quality improvement. To meet the needs of changing consumer expectations, hospitals will find it necessary to restructure service line provision and access to care. Implementation of shared governance within a hospital setting may well be a key driver of setting and meeting those expectations. The purpose of this project was to create a shared 56
Co-Presenter: Shann MacPherson, RN Using bleomycin to treat lymphatic and venous malformations has been increasing in the pediatric population. Children treated with bleomycin have shown good results with no significant complications compared with traditional sclerotherapy, which is associated with significant postprocedure swelling. Multiple patients with airway and orbit malformations in our department have responded well to bleomycin because of the decreased impact on the airway and orbital compartment. The advantage of treating these children with bleomycin is the reduction of postprocedural swelling caused by the absence of inflammatory reaction and edema, resulting in quicker recovery time for the patient and family. PS-004 Current Trends and Research in Interventional Oncology Jennifer Karp, BSN, RN, CRN Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Co-Presenters: Peggy Gilbertsen, BS, RN; Elizabeth Gonda, BSN, RN; Sharon Coffey, BSN, RN; Krystina Salzig, RN The field of interventional oncology offers innovative, state-of-the-art therapies in the treatment of cancer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH). Composed of seven board-certified interventional oncology radiologists, six registered nurses, and one nuclear physicist, this multidisciplinary interventional oncology team offers various treatment therapies to cancer patients. Using minimally invasive angiographic techniques, treatment options such as radioembolization, transarterial chemoembolization, radio frequency ablation, and cryoablations are provided to patients who are at various stages in their cancer treatment. These treatments may be used alone, in combination, in conjunction with standard-of-care cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation, as a palliative treatment, or may be used as a bridge to organ transplantation.
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JUNE 2010
governance council in a medical imaging department using Appreciative Inquiry.
Margaret Smith, RN, UMHS Ann Arbor, MI
PS-003 The Use of Bleomycin for Sclerotherapy in Lymphatic and Venous Malformations
Co-Presenter: Dyan Smith, RN
Susan Keuker, BSN, RN Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
Clostridium difficile is an illness that is often spread in the health care setting through contact with infected patients. Developing a plan to educate the staff and provide the necessary equipment is an important component of the infection control policies within a radiology department. Working with the infection control department, we developed an evidence-based plan for the radiology department at the University of Michigan. This poster describes a multidisciplinary approach in the prevention of the spread of C. diff: Evidence-based, step-by-step process to prevent the spread of C. diff to other patients and procedure rooms within the radiology department. The specific equipment needed to care for a patient diagnosed with C. diff. Specific precautions to take while caring for a patient with C. diff. Example of the tool used to inform the staff of a patient diagnosed with C. diff. The procedure for sanitizing the room postprocedure. PS-002 Implementation of Shared Governance on Employee Empowerment and Patient Satisfaction in a Medical Imaging Department Sara Hawkins, MSN, RN, CRN Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Idaho Falls, ID In response to uneven quality of care, hospitals have been directed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to publicly report patient outcomes and satisfaction results. Creation of such a national report card demands a level of accountability from acute care facilities that can drive quality improvement. To meet the needs of changing consumer expectations, hospitals will find it necessary to restructure service line provision and access to care. Implementation of shared governance within a hospital setting may well be a key driver of setting and meeting those expectations. The purpose of this project was to create a shared 56
Co-Presenter: Shann MacPherson, RN Using bleomycin to treat lymphatic and venous malformations has been increasing in the pediatric population. Children treated with bleomycin have shown good results with no significant complications compared with traditional sclerotherapy, which is associated with significant postprocedure swelling. Multiple patients with airway and orbit malformations in our department have responded well to bleomycin because of the decreased impact on the airway and orbital compartment. The advantage of treating these children with bleomycin is the reduction of postprocedural swelling caused by the absence of inflammatory reaction and edema, resulting in quicker recovery time for the patient and family. PS-004 Current Trends and Research in Interventional Oncology Jennifer Karp, BSN, RN, CRN Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Co-Presenters: Peggy Gilbertsen, BS, RN; Elizabeth Gonda, BSN, RN; Sharon Coffey, BSN, RN; Krystina Salzig, RN The field of interventional oncology offers innovative, state-of-the-art therapies in the treatment of cancer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH). Composed of seven board-certified interventional oncology radiologists, six registered nurses, and one nuclear physicist, this multidisciplinary interventional oncology team offers various treatment therapies to cancer patients. Using minimally invasive angiographic techniques, treatment options such as radioembolization, transarterial chemoembolization, radio frequency ablation, and cryoablations are provided to patients who are at various stages in their cancer treatment. These treatments may be used alone, in combination, in conjunction with standard-of-care cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation, as a palliative treatment, or may be used as a bridge to organ transplantation.
www.radiologynursing.org
JUNE 2010