Spring bank holiday closure days

PICANet, based at the Universities of Leeds and Leicester, will be closed for the spring bank holiday on Monday 29th May 2023. The University of Leeds will also be closed on Tuesday 30th May.

We will respond to any queries, including technical support queries, when our offices re-open on Wednesday 31st May. Thank you for your understanding.

Scheduled downtime for PICANet Web database 10:00 – 13:00, Wednesday 3rd May

PICANet need to take the database offline on Wednesday 3rd May to allow us to incorporate the new healthcare associated infection and delirium fields into the PICU Admission dataset.

 

Please save your work and exit the application before this time, any unsaved work will be lost. Please consider the system at risk until the news item in the PICANet Web database has been removed. Thank you

PICANet State of the Nation Report 2022

We are pleased to announce that the PICANet State of the Nation Report 2022 has been published.

This can be downloaded from our Reports page.

The report comprises the Summary Report, Infographic, Appendices and the Tables and Figures.

New for this year we have released a Quality Improvement page with resources for participating organisations.

The Infographic highlights some of the report’s key findings.

PICANet Level 2 Expansion Update

We are pleased to announce that the Level 2 admission dataset is now incorporated into PICANet Web database and online for data entry by those organisations who are participating in the first stages of the roll out across England. We look forward to continuing the roll out.

Please note: This only applies to the submission of data from the new participating Level 2 centres, any Level 2 data already submitted to PICANet Web as part of normal PICU/PCCU submission is unaffected

New RSPRT Guidance for Units released

We have put together guidance for units on resetting sequential probability ratio test (RSPRT) plots as an addition to PICANet’s main Outlier Policy. It is available on our Policies page.

RSPRT plots identify where PICUs have performance outside of what might be expected given the case-mix of admissions. Units are able to view their RSPRT plot at any point via the PICANet Web database to identify and respond to potential issues in a timely fashion. PICANet also contact each unit quarterly to inform them of their current RSPRT status which will be one of the following:

  • satisfactory performance
  • cause for close monitoring
  • cause for concern requiring internal review (positive/negative)

This RSPRT Guidance for Units is a quality improvement guide, providing units with:

  • a background description to the RSPRT plots
  • interpretation of the plots and their three possible states
  • the outline of a process to follow in case of an alarm or reset (cause for concern)
  • a case study from a unit that has dealt with an RSPRT outlier

We hope that you find this guidance useful. If have any questions, please contact picanet@leeds.ac.uk.

PICANet bank holiday closure on 19 September

PICANet, based at the Universities of Leeds and Leicester, will be closed on Monday 19th September 2022 for the Bank Holiday for the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

We will respond to any queries, including technical support queries, when our offices re-open on Tuesday 20th September 2022.

National Data Opt-Out (England): exemption received for submission of data to PICANet for clinical audit

Participating organisations based in England, please be aware that PICANet has been granted an exemption from the National Data Opt-Out by the Health Research Authority Clinical Advisory Group. This is because the absence of even one child’s data can lead to inaccurate conclusions. This means that even if a National Data Opt-Out has been set, the child’s clinical audit data can still be entered into the PICANet web database. Please note that from 31st July 2022, PICANet will however apply the National Data Opt-Out to the PICANet research database to ensure that no children are included in any research projects where an opt-out has been applied.

PICANet Web database Scheduled Downtime 12:00 – 13:00 on Wednesday 20th July

PICANet need to take the database offline on Wednesday lunchtime to allow us to complete some maintenance work which should enable participating organisations to resume importing data files. Please save your work and exit the application before this time, any unsaved work will be lost. Please consider the system at risk until the news item in the PICANet web database has been removed.

Revised date for the PICANet Annual Dataset Freeze 2022

The PICANet dataset for the period 01.01.2019 to 31.12.2021 has been rescheduled to be frozen at 12 midnight on 30th June 2022. It is essential that all event data for this period is completed and all validation queries resolved.

For children admitted prior to December 31st 2021 who remain as inpatients on your unit please ensure that all daily intervention data up to and including 31st December 2021 is complete.

If you have any concerns about the dataset freeze, please do get in touch with the team via picanet@leeds.ac.uk.