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MP28: Reducing door-to-needle times across Alberta to 36 minutes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2018

N. Kamal*
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
T. Jeerakathil
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
E. E. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
B. Mann
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
J. Bestard
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
E. S. Lang
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
M. Hill
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
*
*Corresponding author

Abstract

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Introduction: The effectiveness of intravenous alteplase is highly time dependent, and very short door-to-needle times (DNT) of 30 minutes or less have been reported in single centre hospitals, but never in an entire population. QuICR (Quality Improvement and Clinical Research) Alberta Stroke Program aimed to reduce DNT to a median of 30 minutes across the Canadian province of Alberta. Methods: We used the Improvement Collaborative Methodology from early 2015 to September 2016 with participation from all 17 Stroke Centres in Alberta. This methodology included 4 face-to-face workshops, site visits, webinars, data collection, data feedback, intensive process mapping, and process improvements. We compared data in the pre-intervention period from 2009-2014 (collected during the Alberta Provincial Stroke Strategy) to data in the post-intervention period from March 2016-February 2017 (collected during the QuICR DTN Collaborative). Data from January 2015-February 2016 were excluded, as improvements were being implemented during this time. Results: There were a total of 2,322 treated cases in the pre- and post-intervention periods. The results show that the median DNT dropped from 68 minutes (n=1846) in the pre-intervention period to 36 minutes (n=476) in the post-intervention period (p<0.001). There were reductions in DNT across all hospital types: median DNT dropped from 63 to 32 minutes in Urban Tertiary Centres (p<0.001), from 73 to 32 minutes in Community with 24/7 neurology (p<0.001), from 85 to 62 minutes in Community with limited/no neurology (p<0.001), and from 74 to 52.5 minutes in rural centres (p<0.001). Conclusion: There were 21.5 to 41 minute reductions in median DNT across all hospital types including smaller rural and community hospitals. A targeted multi-site improvement collaborative can be an effective intervention to reduce DNT across an entire population.

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