Pregnall AM, Gupta RK, Clifton JC, Wanderer JP. Use of provider education, intra-operative decision support, and an email-feedback system in improving compliance with sugammadex dosage guideline and reducing drug expenditures.
J Clin Anesth 2022;
77:110627. [PMID:
34990997 DOI:
10.1016/j.jclinane.2021.110627]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE
Due to excessive sugammadex expenditures at our institution, we designed dosing guidelines that utilize adjusted body weight and informatics-based tools aimed at reducing variability in dosing practices.
DESIGN
We retrospectively reviewed rates of high-dose sugammadex administration in three phases: Pre-intervention - May 2018 to November 2018; First intervention - November 2018 to April 2019; and Second intervention - April 2019 to July 2019.
SETTING
Academic medical center in the United States - Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) PATIENTS: N/A INTERVENTIONS: First, anesthesia providers were educated on adjusted body weight-based dosing guidelines. Providers also received intraoperative decision support displaying a patient's actual and adjusted body weight along with rates of high-dose (>200 mg) sugammadex administration for each respective provider. Second, we implemented an email-feedback system to remind providers of the new guidelines.
MEASUREMENTS
Weekly rate of high-dose sugammadex cases.
MAIN RESULTS
During the pre-intervention stage, 1556 (12.3%) cases involved high-dose sugammadex. Comparatively, 550 (4.3%) and 187 (3.1%) high-dose sugammadex cases occurred during the first and second intervention stages, respectively. Segmented regression analysis demonstrated a significant rate change of -3.51% (95% CI: -5.64%, -1.38%) in sugammadex dosing practices after provider education and the implementation of digital improvement initiatives but failed to reveal a significant change after implementation of the email-feedback system. Overall, our interventions were associated with $2563.05 in estimated weekly savings of sugammadex expenditures.
CONCLUSIONS
Provider education and digital quality improvement was associated with reduced rates of high-dose sugammadex administration, generating cost savings at a large academic medical institution.
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