Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Arch Dis Child. 2020 Nov;105(11):1105-1107. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317512. Epub 2019 Oct 8.
Tablets are safer, more convenient and cheaper than liquid medications. Children and young people (CYP) often remain on liquids due to habit, reluctance to change or staff and parents' lack of knowledge about switching to tablets. We describe a quality improvement project to train staff and embed a system of converting eligible children to tablet medication. A series of tests of change were made including training, making kit available, publicity and developing team protocols. In 3 months, 21 out of 25 eligible CYP were successfully converted with added benefit of saving £46 588 per year. Switching children to tablets is simple but requires whole team engagement, culture change of expectations and available resources.
片剂比液体制剂更安全、更方便、更便宜。由于习惯、不愿改变或工作人员和家长对改用片剂缺乏了解，儿童和青少年（CYP）往往仍在使用液体制剂。我们描述了一个质量改进项目，旨在培训工作人员并建立一个将符合条件的儿童转换为片剂药物的系统。进行了一系列变革测试，包括培训、提供工具包、宣传和制定团队协议。在 3 个月内，25 名符合条件的 CYP 中有 21 名成功转换，每年还节省了 46588 英镑。将儿童转换为片剂很简单，但需要整个团队的参与、期望的文化变革和可用资源。
