Improving hospital infant safe sleep compliance by using safety prevention bundle methodology.
Batra EK, Lewis ML, Saravana D, et al. Improving hospital infant safe sleep compliance by using safety prevention bundle methodology. Pediatrics. 2021;148(6):e2020033704. doi:10.1542/peds.2020-033704.
Safety bundles are known to improve clinician adherence to guidelines and improve patient safety. This children’s hospital implemented a safe sleep bundle in all departments to reduce sudden unexpected infant deaths. Overall compliance with safe sleep guidelines increased from 9% to 72%. Three individual components also improved (head of bed flat, sleep space free of extra items, and caregiver education completed); one measure, centerline for infant in supine position, remained stable. The safe sleep bundle was shown to be effective in improving infant sleep environments.