Recommended Lazomis QI Resources
Published Lazomis QI guides relevant to this audit topic
- Medicines Safety: A Systems Approach to Reducing HarmPatient SafetyGuide
Oxygen is a prescribed treatment; safe use depends on indication, target saturation range, device, flow rate, monitoring and review.
Open resource - Designing Safer Clinical Processes: A Guide for Healthcare TeamsPatient SafetyGuide
Supports reliable documentation of target saturations, hypercapnic risk identification, matching administration to prescription and acting outside target range.
Open resource - Achieving Reliability in Healthcare Systems: A Practical GuidePatient SafetyGuide
Dependable systems across medical review, nursing administration, NEWS2 documentation, escalation and weaning decisions.
Open resource - PDSA Cycles: A Practical Guide to Testing Change in HealthcareQuality ImprovementGuide
Translates oxygen prescribing audit findings into practical improvement cycles such as chart prompts, teaching and EPR changes.
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Audit-specific guidance and standards
Oxygen Prescribing Audit
- BTS Guideline for Oxygen Use in Healthcare and Emergency Settings (2017)British Thoracic SocietyPrimary national standard for safe oxygen prescribing, target ranges and monitoring.
- NICE NG115 — Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16sNational Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceHypercapnic respiratory failure and target SpO2 88–92%.
- NEWS2 — National Early Warning ScoreRoyal College of PhysiciansObservation chart standard including oxygen scale.
- NICE NG191 — COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19National Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceOxygen targets in acute respiratory illness.
Audit-specific guidance and standards
Delirium Screening and Management
- CG103 — Delirium: prevention, diagnosis and managementNational Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceReference standard for delirium screening and management.
- Delirium guidelinesBritish Geriatrics Society
- 4AT — Rapid clinical test for delirium4AT CollaborationValidated bedside screening tool.
- SIGN 157 — Risk reduction and management of deliriumScottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network