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Paediatric Bronchiolitis

Two Teams

Acute bronchiolitis is a common viral chest infection that mainly affects infants under the age of one. It is most common in the autumn and winter. It causes small tubes in the lungs (bronchioles) to become narrowed by inflammation and mucus, leading to difficulty in breathing and poor feeding. A small proportion of infants require treatment to help their breathing and feeding. This intervention aims to reduce clinical variation, unnecessary investigations and ineffective treatments.

Paediatrician Team Leads

Clinical Nurse Consultants

Achievements • Two audits completed • Improvement initiatives BMDH – six minute intensive training (SMIT) • Auburn team engaged

Challenges

Goals 2023-2025 • Sustain improvement projects • Develop Dashboard to monitor quality indicators

• Patient experience scores are low and uptake is minimal • Sustaining the improvement cycle of SMIT

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Western Sydney Local Health District