ArticleTrauma surgery & acute care open2024
Implementation of a novel daily performance improvement checklist (PIC) improves alcohol screening and intervention compliance in trauma.
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Introduction: Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) has demonstrated up to 50% reduction in alcohol-related traumatic injury and is mandated by the American College of Surgeons for trauma center accreditation. While SBIRT effectiveness has been previously investigated, optimal implementation in the trauma setting has not. We sought to improve SBIRT compliance through integration of screening into a performance improvement checklist (PIC) deployed during morning report. We hypothesized that PIC would establish a self-sustaining model for improved alcohol screening/intervention. Methods: This was a retrospective study comparing trauma patients pre-PIC (January-May 2022) to post-PIC (January-May 2023) after PIC implementation in January 2023. The primary outcome was SBIRT performance. The PIC prompted alcohol intervention specialist consultation if blood alcohol content >80 mg/dL, <21 years old, or Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test ≥8. Significance was determined if p<0.05. Results: There were 705 pre-PIC and 840 post-PIC patients. Pre-PIC unscreened patients were more often uninsured (13% vs. 25%, p<0.01) and black (8% vs. 14%, p=0.02) compared with screened pre-PIC patients. There were no significant differences among screened versus unscreened patients after PIC with respect to age, sex, race, or ethnicity (p>0.05). Overall, screening improved pre-PIC to post-PIC (52% vs. 88%, p<0.01) and the percentage of patients who screened positively also increased after PIC (8% vs. 23%, p<0.01). Brief intervention was unchanged (83% vs. 81%, p=1). Conclusion: The PIC is a novel tool that demonstrated improved alcohol screening and referral. It improved compliance with SBIRT and reduced implicit bias in the population screened. Utilization of a PIC is easily translatable to other centers and could become a national standard to advance performance improvement. Level of evidence: IV.
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