Iuliana, the presentation of your concise report was satisfactory and you used headings well.
Remember to provide your word count, however your pages were numbered.
Remember to write in the third person for a piece of work such as this, avoid I / he / she.
Not all your tables had a title and were referred to in your main text.
You could have presented an analysis of your results graphically as a chart.
Some information provided is not needed, you need to ask yourself the relevance of points made.
Breadth / Depth and Integration of Literature:
Your reference citation is too limited for this piece of work, more evidence is required, as a guide for this piece of work would expect to see a minimum of 10 different citations.
Your opening paragraph contains a quote as the phrase has not been rewritten – this is a direct quote and needs to be presented as such.
Your NICE citations (pages 2 & 3) are not listed; more than two authors are cited as et al and check date (Gorwitz); and check author spelling (Pittet).
Avoid ‘et al’ in your reference list, all authors are expected to be listed and ensure listings are by surname.
Content / Knowledge:
Iuliana your audit aim / standard is appropriate and you have attempted a rationale, why is infection such a risk for our patients?
Your standard is reasonably written, you could consider identification of a time frame as part of your measurable criteria within your standard. But do take care, ‘dialysis’ includes peritoneal and home HD – are these reflected in your data collection? Make sure you are explicit.
Some elements of the audit cycle have been addressed or alluded to. What was the total patient population? What type of sample of the patient population have you used?
You have not provided any information on your data collection tool. How did you develop your data collection tool and did you conduct a pilot, what would have been the benefit of this?
Analysis / Critical Evaluation and/or Reflection:
You have analysed your results related to your identified standard and you have identified actions to improve practice, however how do you know that additional training is required?
What have you learnt about conducting an audit, would you do anything differently next time? what do you mean by this?
With limited methodology, no data collection tool and limited cited evidence you have not been successful on this occasion.
