Pleural procedures and patient safety: a national BTS audit of practice

Clare E Hooper; Sally A Welham; Nick A Maskell; British Thoracic Society

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204812

Pleural procedures and patient safety: a national BTS audit of practice

Clare E Hooper, Sally A Welham, Nick A Maskell, British Thoracic Society

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Abstract

The BTS pleural procedures audit collected data over a 2-month period in June and July 2011. In contrast with the 2010 audit, which focussed simply on chest drain insertions, data on all pleural aspirations and local anaesthetic thoracoscopy (LAT) was also collected. Ninety hospitals submitted data, covering a patient population of 33 million. Twenty-one per cent of centres ran a specialist pleural disease clinic, 71% had a nominated chest drain safety lead, and 20% had thoracic surgery on site. Additionally, one-third of centres had a physician-led LAT service.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	189-91
Number of pages	3
Journal	Thorax
Volume	70
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204812
Publication status	Published - Feb 2015

Keywords

Anesthesia, Local
Chest Tubes
Great Britain
Hospitals
Humans
Informed Consent
Medical Audit
Paracentesis
Patient Safety
Pleural Cavity
Pleural Effusion
Pneumothorax
Societies, Medical
Thoracoscopy
Ultrasonography, Interventional

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