SICSAG Chair: Dr Steve Cole
Clinical Coordinator: Paul Smith
15 March 2015
RE: 2015 Spring SICSAG Unit Audit Leads Meeting
8th May 2015
Beardmore Hotel, Clydebank G81 4SA
Dear Colleagues
As you will be well aware it is increasingly important that SICSAG demonstrates how our work aligns with the Scottish Government’s 2020 Vision for Health Care in Scotland.
Part of SICSAG’s evidence that we achieve this is by demonstrating the impact and value of the audit on the quality improvement of critical care in Scotland. In order to achieve this we must ensure that the data collection and local reporting is consistently of a very high standard across the country.
To this end we are gathering all those involved in SICSAG together to network and learn together on aspects of Severity Scoring of ICU patients, the collection of HAI data and producing customised and template reports from Wardwatcher.
We understand how busy all of our colleagues are in Critical Care but we are also acutely aware of the need to provide continuous robust data for the audit across the country. We therefore encourage all unit audit lead consultants to attend this meeting and that invitations are extended across the inter-professional critical care teams including but restricted to other unit consultants, trainees and nurses.
A programme agenda (subject to change) is attached and CPD points have been applied for with the RCA.
We also require that those wishing to attend register their intent via email to by May 1st and include what training needs they have for Wardwatcher whether it is in creating customised reports or other issues. This will enable us to cohort and customise the training for the day ensuring that quality time is spend for the training sessions.
We look forward to seeing you all and your colleagues on 8th May at the Beardmore hotel in Clydebank.
Best Wishes
Steve Cole
SICSAG Audit Leads Spring Meeting – Friday 8 May 2015 – Subject to Change
Time / Presentation / Presenter / Description / Duration (mins)09:00 / Sign-in/Registration/Coffee / 30
09:30 / Welcome & Introduction / Dr Steve Cole / 15
09:45 / Breakout for Wardwatcher Training / Paul Smith, Roselind Hall, Clare McGeoch, Brian Millar, Angela Kahn & Moranne MacGillivray / Training will be based on the learning needs identified by attendees prior to the meeting but will likely focus on the ability to extract data from Wardwatcher via custom & template reports, maintenance of ‘variable lists’ and patient lists.
Information governance will also be highlighted regarding auto log-out and single-user log-in. / 90
11:15 / Coffee / 15
11:30 / Breakout for Wardwatcher Training / Paul Smith, Roselind Hall, Clare McGeoch, Brian Millar, Angela Kahn & Moranne MacGillivray / Continuation of previous session. / 60
12:30 / ICU scoring systems: understanding APACHE II risk prediction in Scotland / Dr Nazir Lone
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Critical Care, University of Edinburgh / This presentation aims to explain how risk prediction scores are used to benchmark performance in ICUs, give an introduction to the ‘black box’ of the mathematics behind risk prediction, discuss how best to code admissions and to bust some common myths about the APACHE II model / 30
13:00 / Lunch / 60 / 45
13:45 / HAI – Nurses / HAI Nurses / A session on practical data collection useful, especially for those units who have struggled to do it
14:15 / HAI Surveillance – Sustaining 10 years of Quality Improvement in Critical Care / Brian Cook
Consultant in Intensive Care and Medical Director, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. / 10 years of practical experience implementing an HAI Surveillance programme which has resulted in significant improvements in HAI rates with additional beneficial effects on QI methodology and patient outcomes. Practicalities of service delivery, data collection and feedback and using data to support service development and wider education across the hospital. / 30
14:45 / Validation: the cornerstone for using data to drive improvement / Professor Jacqui Reilly
Lead Consultant HAI Health Protection Scotland / · The importance of validation in surveillance on ICU
· Examples of ICU surveillance validation (prevalence and incidence) / 30
15:15 / The emerging threat of AMR in ICU and what intensivists can do about it / Professor John Coia
Consultant Clinical Microbiologist
Director, Scottish Microbiology Reference Laboratories, Glasgow / The emerging threat of AMR in ICU and what intensivists can do about it / 30
15:45 / Close of Meeting / Dr Steve Cole / 15
Times: Total Day = 420 minutes (7 hours)
Breaks/Introduction = 120 minutes (2 hours)
Learning = 300 minutes (5 hours)