SCCM Resource Library-STOP-VIRUS Initiative: Best Practices, Reflections From STOP-VIRUS Sites, and Implementation Strategies and Outcomes During COVID-19

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The Stop Virus Collaborative is an initiative focused on strengthening COVID-19 care in critically ill patients. The collaborative was formed to better understand global care practices and outcomes for patients with COVID-19. The preliminary results of the SCCM Virus Registry were published earlier in 2021 and highlighted the importance of processes of care in affecting patient outcomes. The collaborative involves institutions within the registry who are interested in identifying best practices and implementing them. In parallel to this collaborative, Boston University conducted a qualitative exploration of change management strategies in ICU settings during the pandemic. The session provides an overview of the collaborative and the lessons learned. It emphasizes the importance of understanding how critical care practices changed during COVID-19 and the factors that facilitated or hindered their implementation. The study used qualitative data collection methods and followed the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. The findings highlighted implementation facilitators such as strong partnerships with external stakeholders and staff dedication, as well as barriers like increased complexity of critical care and low staff morale. The session concludes by discussing future steps, including further analysis of qualitative data and exploring patterns of practice differences based on COVID-19 mortality rates. Overall, the Stop Virus Collaborative aims to improve care for critically ill COVID-19 patients by identifying best practices and effective implementation strategies.

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Infection, Quality and Patient Safety, 2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created unique challenges for critical care teams, who have been forced to synthesize massive amounts of information to identify best practices at a time when ICUs have never been more stressed. This session will describe the key elements and lessons learned from the SCCM STOP-VIRUS Learning Collaborative, a virtual learning community of interprofessional teams from 13 U.S. hospitals participating in the SCCM VIRUS Registry. The goal of the STOP-VIRUS Collaborative was to identify and implement best practices in the care of critically ill patients with COVID-19 through a weekly, 6 month program designed to deliver live and asynchronous state of the art clinical updates, case based discussions, and quality improvement coaching based on the CERTAIN approach. Investigators will also describe the preliminary results of their qualitative implementation science exploration of change management strategies within VIRUS Registry ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Content Type Presentation

Knowledge Area Infection

Knowledge Area Quality and Patient Safety

Knowledge Level Intermediate

Knowledge Level Advanced

Membership Level Select

Tag Evidence Based Medicine

Tag COVID-19

Year 2022

Keywords

Stop Virus Collaborative

COVID-19 care

critically ill patients

global care practices

patient outcomes

SCCM Virus Registry

processes of care

best practices

change management strategies

ICU settings

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