Administration of Oral Acetaminophen to Reduce Costs for the Hysterectomy Patient at a Community Hospital.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Purpose
This quality improvement project aimed to change the practice of administration route of acetaminophen from intravenous (IV) to oral to patients having a hysterectomy at a community hospital, reduce costs, and maintain postanesthesia care unit pain scores for patients who receive oral acetaminophen comparable to those who receive IV acetaminophen.Design
There were 46 participants: 23 in the preintervention group and 23 in the postintervention group.Methods
Data retrieved from the electronic medical record included the route of acetaminophen administered, cost, and pain scores.Findings
Implementation of this quality improvement project resulted in no difference in the pain scores between the preintervention and postintervention groups (P = .637). In addition, the hospital cost for acetaminophen decreased 95.25% and patients saved $6,683 during the 3-month implementation period.Conclusions
The administration of oral acetaminophen provided equivalent postoperative analgesia compared with IV acetaminophen and reduced costs for both the hospital and patients.Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Blonk, KM; Davenport, A; Morgan, B; Muckler, VC
Published Date
- February 2019
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 34 / 1
Start / End Page
- 143 - 150
PubMed ID
- 29935798
Pubmed Central ID
- 29935798
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1532-8473
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1089-9472
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.jopan.2018.03.007
Language
- eng