Irish Paediatric Critical Care Audit National Report 2017-2019

The Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet) collects information on all patients admitted to paediatric critical care units in the United Kingdom (UK) and the Republic of Ireland (ROI). The objective of this data collection is to measure the quality of care in Paediatric Critical Care Units (PCCUs) and benchmark this against other PCCUs across the UK. Since 2009, reports for the ROI have been produced within PICANet UK in conjunction with the ROI PCCU clinical leads. In 2015, the audit of paediatric critical care was incorporated into the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA), which provides support through a clinical audit team and an independent voluntary governance structure.</p