Patient Safety Improvement Red Bag Program

1. Patient Safety Improvement Red Bag Program Nancy M. Strange, RDN, CNSC, CD Clinical Nutrition Specialist University Hospital Indianapolis, IN nstrange@iuhealth.org

2. Disclosures • No financial relationships to disclose

3. Perioperative Wellness Enhanced Rapid RecoveryPOWERR – aka the Red Bag Program Challenge Relationship Vision(s)

4. Perioperative Wellness Enhanced Rapid RecoveryPOWERR – aka Red Bag Program Engagement Logistics Vision(s)

5. Red Bag Program - Tool Kit • Initial results • Decreased LOS • Decreased appointment load on surgery clinics • Wound healing rates significantly increased • More MDs were asking for the immunonutrition and the preop package • Vision of a “Red Bag” began to develop • Real results or placebo?

6. Perioperative Wellness Enhanced Rapid RecoveryPOWERR – aka Red Bag Program Engagement Logistics Vision(s)

7. Perioperative Wellness Enhanced Rapid RecoveryPOWERR – aka Red Bag Program Engagement Education Culture change Vision Excitement

8. Our Current State Wellness Program Kit includes: • 5 day supply of immunonutrition supplements • 2 doses of CHG Pre-operative Bathing Solution • 1 Tube of Antibiotic Ointment • Education materials

9. EASY BUTTON: Red Bag Tool Kit • Why nutrition screening and Immunonutrition? Increased Complications and LOS

10. Our Easy Button Results