Modular Certification for the Intensive Care Unit
Excellence and organisation motivate us
Anaesthetists interact with all other hospital departments. Excellence and outstanding infrastructure and organisation in emergency care and preoperative medicine give rise to calm and confidence across all specialties and motivate all professionals to give their best every day.
Are you content yet or do you want to improve further?
Acquire certification of your ICU according to the German national standard.
PhD Dr. Gerhard Kuhnle
Partner DAD GmbH Berlin
How do we do this? Our five-step program
Transparency and mutual learning combined with absolute confidence among stakeholders ensure the success of our evaluation and implementation of our quality improvement initiatives.
Analysis
In an extensive SWOT analysis, we identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities and threats for your intensive care unit.
Consulting
We define aims and aspirations with you.
Support
We define these aims and aspirations in the specific context of your intensive care unit and develop a tailored implementation plan.
Implementation
We support you during the implementation process. If desired, we can take over specific leadership roles during the implementation process.
Controlling
We audit outcomes and performance during and after implementation of change.
Milestone: certification in Intensive Care Medicine - an example
1. SWOT and process analysis.
Crucial processes on the ICU:
- Medical and nursing management/ human resources
- Rota planning
- Professional staff development
- Management of sickness and other staff absences
- Teaching and training
- Long-term personnel planning
- Special leadership roles
- Radiation protection
- Infection control
- Antibiotic stewardship
- Transfusion
- Equipment
- Documentation and IT
- Quality management
- Major incident planning
- Patient management
- Consent
- Mental capacity
- Advanced directives
- Therapy limitation/withdrawal
- Organ donation
- Protection of vulnerable adults
- Equality and diversity
- Law and ethics
- Incident reporting
- Daily working routines on the ICU
- Ward rounds
- Medical opinions from other specialties
- Biochemistry, haematology, microbiology and other tests
- Documentation of progress and plans
- Communication the other medical specialties
- Communication with other health professionals
- Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Analgesia and sedation
- Invasive ventilation and weaning
- Antibiotic use
- Sepsis
- ARDS
- Difficult airways
- Ulcer prophylaxis
- DVT prophylaxis
And many more according to local needs and preferences
- Long-term planning
- Regular peer reviews
- Benchmarking
- Mortality
- Nosocomial infections
- Unplanned readmissions
- And many more according to local needs and preferences
- Long-term financial investment planning
