5PSQ-007 Impact of PUIzzle, a playful educational tool on high-alert medications on healthcare professionals' knowledge: what's new and what's left?

Background and ImportanceHigh-alert medications (HAMs) have higher risks of causing harm to patients. To prevent this, our hospital pharmacy trained 147 healthcare professionals (HCPs) on this topic using a fun educational tool in puzzle form: PUIzzle (PUI is the French acronym for internal use pharmacy), which has significantly improved short-term knowledge on HAMs. However, its impact on long-term knowledge retention is not known.1 Aim and ObjectivesTo evaluate PUIzzle’s impact on HCPs’ knowledge retention and its contribution to professional practices.Material and MethodsOur monocentric study took place in a 300-bed hospital in Paris region (France) between January and August 2022. No ethical approval for the study was requested. HCPs’ knowledge was assessed with a self-questionnaire administered 3 weeks after the training (3WAT). The first part focused on professional practices. The second part was identical to the pre- and post-training knowledge questionnaire, to compare the scores of the pre-training (PrT), post-training (PoT) and 3WAT questionnaires. The third part had five other questions on HAMs.ResultsOf the 141 eligible HCPs, 60 completed the 3WAT (31 nurses, 13 pharmacy technicians, 5 paramedical students, 4 caregivers, 6 healthcare students and 1 pharmacist) in a mean time of 3.6 months (σ=1.37), 48 were lost to follow-up and 33 did not respond. Fifty-two (87%) HCPs could situate one of the two HAMs’ location list, and 44 (75%) could identify HAMs on the prescription software. Most changes in practice were observed at the prescribing level (n=31; 52%). HCPs declared being more attentive to HAMs’ labelling. The mean score of PrT, PoT and 3WAT’ second part were respectively 1.1/5 (σ=0.04), 3.1/5 (σ=0.14) and 2.5/5 (σ=0.33). A significant improvement between PrT and 3WAT (p