This QuickHit was informed by Wound and Ostomy Nurses at SickKids who identified a knowledge gap about a new wound care device being used both in hospital and home and community care.
Read MoreThis QuickHit is informed by several consults from home and community care providers about the use of an alternative method for IV medication administration in home and community care.
Read MoreThis QuickHit was developed in response to questions and interest in paediatric palliative care among home and community care providers.
Read MoreThis Quick Hit was informed by recently updated best practice guidelines for managing dislodged balloon G, GJ or G/GJ tube
Read MoreThis Quick Hit was informed by Connected Care Live consults from home and community care providers about changing balloon G tubes, as well as recent updates to best practice guidelines regarding confirming placement of balloon G tubes after insertion.
Read MoreThis QuickHit was informed by family caregivers and home and community care providers who reported different practices for the securement of CVADs in home and community care, compared to the hospital
Read MoreThis Quick Hit was developed following the discontinuation of select tracheostomy products commonly used in paediatric home and community care, and the introduction of new, replacement products.
Read MoreThis QuickHit comes as a practice alert following a voluntary recall by the manufacturer of select ventilators commonly used in paediatric home and community care.
Read MoreThis Quick Hit comes from updated best practice guidelines regarding administering subcutaneous injections in the paediatric population.
Read MoreThis QuickHit was developed in response to family caregivers and home and community care providers asking what kind of water source to use when flushing enteral tubes.
Read MoreThis QuickHit was informed by Connected Care Live consults from home and community care providers inquiring about care considerations for children receiving medications via subcutaneous infusion.
Read MoreThis Quick Hit was informed by education requests from home and community care providers on current best practices for performing Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC).
Read MoreThis Quick Hit was informed by a recent discharge of a child with a critical airway that required additional education for home and community care on the use of a stoma mask for manual ventilation in the event of an emergency.
Read MoreThis QuickHit was informed by a Connected Care Live consult from a home and community care provider inquiring how to use a nasal atomizer to deliver intranasal medication.
Read MoreThis QuickHit was developed based on a Connected Care Live consult from a Home & Community Care Service Provider asking if the NG tube was safe to use when the child's gastric pH was measured to be >6.
Read MoreThis QuickHit is informed by family caregivers who report observing that there is a difference in how long they scrub the hub of their child's CVAD cap (top and sides) and allow it to dry compared to their home care providers.
Read MoreThis QuickHit was informed by a Connected Care Live Consult from a community/home care provider that prompted teaching about cuffed tracheostomy tubes
Read MoreThis QuickHit is informed by the G-tube Team at SickKids. They find that misidentification and inaccurate documentation of enteral tubes can lead to serious safety events or potential harm.
Read MoreThis QuickHit! is informed by virtual visits where home care nurses have asked if the same normal saline syringe can be used to flush both lumens of a Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) when heparin locking.
Read MoreThis QuickHit was informed by a Connected Care Live consult from a community/home care provider that asked about a change in an infant's neurological status.
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