WINNER

Frimley Health FT

Improving infusion safety, reducing infiltration utilising infusion surveillance

Extravasation – where drugs leak into surrounding tissue during intravenous administration – can cause serious and often life-changing injuries. While commonly associated with cancer treatments, non-chemotherapy drugs actually present a higher risk of severe complications.

Frimley Health FT’s pilot project provides the first UK evaluation of the ivWatch infusion monitoring device in a hospital infusion unit setting. Results from 2,254 monitored infusions showed the technology prevented 122 cases of infiltration and extravasation from causing patient harm, with a 5.4 per cent “check IV” extravasation notification rate.

Read a detailed case study about this project at HSJ Solutions.

Highly commended

Coventry and Warwickshire ICB: Coventry and Warwickshire Trauma Informed Vanguard project: Positive Directions

Finalists

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust: SafetySIGHT: Virtual Simulation and AI-Powered Overlays to Optimise Anaesthetic Team Performance For a Stroke Thrombectomy Service

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board: Empowering Nurses Through Data: Our Journey to Safer Staffing

Gateshead FT: Speech and Language Therapy Parkinson’s Rapid Response - 2-year pilot project

North East London FT: Collaborative Care: Enhancing Frailty Management Through Nurse-Pharmacist Partnerships

Southmead Hospital Clinical Governance MDT Team: MDT Standardisation

University Hospitals Liverpool Group (UHLG): Don’t BE DAFT! A Grassroots campaign to support safer surgery in Liverpool

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust & Alertive: Real-Time, Right Time: Transforming Escalation Through Digital Innovation

 

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HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025: Winners revealed