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Volume 04
Journal of Neonatal & Pediatric Medicine
Neonatal Nursing Congress 2018
May 14-15, 2018
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May 14-15, 2018 Singapore
30
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Global Experts Meeting on
Neonatal Nursing &
Maternal Healthcare
Process of Quality Improvement (POQI) method: Improving quality of care in resource poor settings
In any health care setting, as health services improve, together with survival figures, emphasis should essentially shift to
improving quality of care. Contrary to popular belief, Quality Improvement (QI) does not need excessive financial inputs,
expensive infrastructure or outsourced expertise. The Process of Quality Improvement (POQI) method shows how QI could
be done at an institutional level utilizing the available resources and manpower. POQI is based on 4 simple rules, identifying
the problem (making an AIM statement), finding the root cause of the problem (by using Fish Bone (root cause) analysis,
5-whys or Pareto charts), identifying the current processes and point of care issues which are causing/leading to the problem
with possible interventions to overcome the problem (Process Flow chart) and devising a mechanism to overcome the problem;
Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle (PDSA cycle). Two simple examples will be taken (e.g. preventing post-partum hemorrhage in the
mother and preventing hypothermia in the newborn) to demonstrate how this methodology could be used to improving
quality of care using locally available expertise and resources.
Biography
Dulanie Gunasekera is a Consultant Pediatrician and Professor of Pediatrics. She is the current Chair and Academic Head of the Department of Pediatrics,
University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka. Her interests are in neonatology, breast feeding promotion, immunization and dengue infection and has authored
over 40 publications in peer reviewed national and international journals. She is also a Master Trainer for the POQI method of quality improvement. She has been
Past President of the Sri Lanka College of Pediatricians and the Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka, during she was instrumental in promoting basic newborn care in
the peripheral regions of Sri Lanka.
dulaniegunasekera@sjp.ac.lkDulanie Gunasekera
University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka
Dulanie Gunasekera, Neonat Pediatr Med 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.4172/2572-4983-C1-001