Paediatric Nursing and Patient Safety
Children deserve the best of our healthcare science. They deserve to receive their healthcare, without harm.
Our research program aims to eliminate healthcare-associated injuries, such as central line-associated bloodstream infection, thrombosis, extravasation injuries and medication error for children. We are achieving this aim by informing everyday clinical practices with innovation and high quality research trial data, then sustainably and effectively implementing evidence-based care into practice across Australian and international paediatric healthcare.
Our team also supports the development of research capacity across Children’s Health Queensland, particularly within nursing via mentorship, HDR training, and collaborative networks.
Our team and projects are fortunate to receive funding from NHMRC, MRFF, Cancer Council Queensland and commercial industry partners. Current active projects include:
- HUM-TE Trial: assess the clinical effectiveness and explore implementation contexts of 95% incubator humidity on premature infants
- Preventing InfusAte injuries Throughout a Child's Hospitalisation (PATCH): A Type 1 Hybrid Randomised Controlled Trial
- Supplemental Tackifier to Intravenous Catheter dressings to Keep intact Year-round in Kids (the STICKY Kids trial) (2024-2026)
- Bridging the Heart Gap Building partnerships to improve peadiatric cardic surgery care equity (2024-2027)
- Eliminating harm from devices across the life span in critical illness: The DEFENCE study (2023-2026)
- Preventing adverse events during paediatric cancer treatment: A multi-site hybrid randomised controlled trial of catheter lock solutions (The CLOCK trial)
- Protect PIVs: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Antimicrobial Dressing in Peripheral Intravenous Catheters(PIVs)(2022–2025)
- Preventing adverse events during paediatric cancer treatment: A multi-site hybrid randomised controlled trial of innovative catheter lock solutions. (2021–2025) Cancer Council Queensland
- Difficult peripheral intravenous catheter insertion: Australian considerations for sustainable implementation of ultrasound guided procedures (2021–2024) NHMRC Partnership Projects
- Peripherally inserted central catheter Innovation to reduce Infections and Clots: the PICNIC trial (2021–2022) NHMRC Project Grant
- Preventing healthcare acquired, ventilator- associated conditions in the PICU: Implementation of new airway clearance guidance (2021–2022) The Children's Hospital Foundation
- Improving intravenous catheter selection to reduce extravasations in paediatrics: an implementation study (2021) The Children's Hospital Foundation
- Innovation to improve the experience and outcomes of paediatric central venous access devices: the e-Vascular Access Passport (2021) NHMRC Early Career Fellowships
Lead
Research Fellows and Post-doctoral researchers
- Dr Deanne August
- Dr Mari Takashima
- Dr Sabrina de Souza
- Dr Roni Cole
- Ms Tricia Kleidon
Project Managers
- Ms Victoria Gibson
- Ms Rebecca Doyle
- Ms Toni Day
- Ms Jennifer Orchard
Clinical Research Assistants
- Ms Jacqueline Cunninghame
- Ms Lilly Galluzzo
- Ms Linda Nguyen
- Mr Thomas Moore
Students
- Ms Tricia Kleidon (PhD)
- Ms Roxanne Taylor (PhD)
- Ms Elouise Comber (PhD)
- Dr Jenna Nunn (PhD)
- Ms Stephanie Hall (PhD)
- Ms Rebecca Doyle (PhD)
- Ms Colleen Pitt (MPhil)
- Ms Anna Dean (MPhil)
- Ms Victoria Gibson (MPhil)
- Trial to improve IV treatment for hospitalised babies
- Trial to prevent complications for children with cancer
- Investigating health solutions
- Extra measures to secure kids' peripheral IV catheters cuts failures
- Interrad Medical’s SecurAcath is superior to standard of care in newly published randomized controlled clinical study
- Hope for sick children requiring medication via an intravenous catheter