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Samantha Warnakulasuriya @swarnak.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Do join us for the RCOA QI study day this month. Its packed with content for all stages from the novice in QI to the expert looking for ideas of how to teach QI - pick the workshop that best suits the needs! Our expert speakers will cover different safety and QI topics to put your QI into context

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Samantha Warnakulasuriya @swarnak.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Are you a QI leader of the future? If so take a look at our newly launched @rcoanews.bsky.social Quality Network Career Development Programme for residents, fellows, specialty doctors - build QI leadership skills and join the national conversation on QI www.rcoa.ac.uk/safety-stand...

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Career Development Programme and QI Training Resources

Building quality improvement leaders for the future who will undertake local, regional and national QI leadership roles.

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Samantha Warnakulasuriya @swarnak.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This is a really interesting paper for local QI leaders in Anaesthesia to consider and to think how its principles apply to your local context.

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THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk · 20/01/2025

Just published: our new Element looks at the key principles of measuring improvement and highlights the importance of using multiple measures and approaches to gathering data. Written by Alene Toulany and Kaveh Shojania from @tmu-medicine.bsky.social, and it's free to access: ths.im/4amXhJZ

A yellow banner with the title 'Measurement for Improvement' written in large text on the left side, followed by the authors' names, Alene Toulany and Kaveh G. Shojania, in smaller text. On the right side, a graphic shows a grid of dots with a blue dot at the bottom left, a red dot at the top right, and an arrow connecting them.

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Samantha Warnakulasuriya @swarnak.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Still time to apply to be the @rcoanews.bsky.social QI fellow! Happy to answer any questions about the role you may have - but we have some interesting work that's taking off over the next year.

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THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk · 23/12/2024

Do you work in the #NHS? We need your help to identify the best ways to measure standards of care before, during, & after #surgery. Part 1 closes 6 Jan Part 2 opens in Feb Take part and receive a certificate of participation as evidence of contribution to research.

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Help develop a quality indicator set for perioperative care

This project seeks input from patients, carers and healthcare staff to collaborate on a standard set of quality indicators for perioperative care, and improve the way such indicators are developed.

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Samantha Warnakulasuriya @swarnak.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Our QI report on implementing @rcoanews.bsky.social @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social Tranexamic Acid (#TXA) guidance into routine local practice is now published @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social Education, Stakeholder Engagement, Use of WHO checklists and more. #TXA #PBM #qualityimprovement.

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

What are the barriers to implementing tranexamic acid use in elective surgery? This QI project examines some of the barriers Is thromboembolism still the biggest concern? #openaccess #AnSky #SurgSky @swarnak.bsky.social buff.ly/4eY1jsE

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

editorial from @bmj.com and paper: Poor staff retention is associated with higher patient mortality. Have said it before & I’ll say it again. If you don’t care for the carers, they cannot care for their patients. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Viscoelastic haemostatic assay-guided therapy (eg TEG & ROTEM) was associated with: • less RBC transfusion • less platelet transfusion • less FFP transfusion #AnSky #MedSky #HemeSky 🧪 buff.ly/3AOYR9U

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