132 Quality Improvement Project (QIP) On Compliance of Vascular Society’s Clinical Care Pathway for Patients with Critical Limb Ischaemia (CLI) Admitted to Vascular Ward At Worcestershire Royal Hospital (WRH)
Abstract Introduction Patients often present to the emergency department with critical limb ischaemia (CLI). According to the Vascular Society 2019 guidelines, these patients require. All metrics should be carried out >80% of the time. Method A QIP was conducted of all CLI patients admitted with rapid progression/ deep tissue injury/ rest pain at WRH between 23/01/2020-31/03/2020. Sources of data - Patient records, ICE and PACS Results Compliance target for below were not met. However, compliance for vascular surgeon face-to-face review within 14 hours stood at 100%. Conclusions Failure to fully comply could lead to poor prognostic outcomes such as loss of limb or death. Consequently, the WRH vascular governance board agreed to put the following measures in place.