7/28/2019 PQCNC Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Charter

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Perinatal Quality CollaborativeofNorth Carolina

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Initiative Charter

Problem Statement:

A recent national study indicated that illicit drug use is 16.2%

among pregnant teens and 7.4% among pregnant women aged 18

to 25 years. Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug

withdrawal syndrome in newborns following birth. While this is a

growing population in our hospitals there remains no standards of

care or treatment. PQCNC NICU and Nursery PQITs will share

strategies and lessons learned while working over a 9-month

period to develop potentially better practices and employ QI

methodologies to establish a standard of care within North

Carolina hospitals.

Mission:

Provide the education and support necessary to develop standards

of care in NC hospitals for the NAS population.

Aim:

Create a multidisciplinary hospital based community focused on

providing a standardized approach to the identification,evaluation, treatment and discharge of the NAS infant and family

by 30 September 2014.

Scope:

Working with perinatal quality improvement teams in

participating centers the initiative will focus on the time between

the admission of the infant and the discharge of the infant.

Method:

Invite teams from NICUs and Nurseries to participate in thecollaborative organized by PQCNC to include learning sessions,

web conferencing and coaching to support perinatal quality

improvement teams (PQITs) to use quality improvement

strategies to implement elements of the action plan

Measurement Strategy:

1. Number of infants discharge with NAS diagnosis2. Process measures that support achieving the ultimate

outcome.