1054 A Simple Intervention to Minimise the Incidence of The Forgotten Ureteric Stent: Updating the Surgical Discharge Summary

Abstract Introduction Ureteric stents are routinely used in ureteric obstruction, however, have considerable morbidity with major complications, such as encrustation, urosepsis, and renal failure if left situ for longer than six months. Despite an electronic stent register, there still multiple emergency admissions of complications from forgotten stents, well those presenting significant symptoms. Often inserted procedure minimal information given on their discharge summary. A template was therefore introduced that could also serve a patient leaflet to help minimise the incidence stents. Method designed based off trust-endorsed British Association Urological Surgeons (BAUS) distributed amongst juniors. total 28 patients were interviewed via telephone questionnaires – 21 randomly selected pre-intervention 7 post-intervention one-month scale either side intervention. The included: common symptoms, indications seek healthcare advice, contact details use event they lost follow-up. Results Patients aware should be changed within months went 52% 100%. Awareness symptoms red-flag 91%, 57% 100% respectively. Those who felt had sufficient letter understand increased 52 89%. Conclusions Significant improvement understanding hopefully appropriate health-seeking behaviour, rapport, safety, removed target.