COPD Pathway

The main goals of this pathway are to improve and encourage:

• Use of best practices
• Align with various related Provincial initiatives and length of stay benchmarks supporting Best Practices
• Provide consistent patient education across the spectrum of care
• Educate individuals and share empowerment for their recovery and disease maintenance

• Clinical Practice Guideline:
  • Canadian Thoracic Society recommendations for managment of chronic obstruction pulmonary disease - 2007 update
  • Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations - Update 2008
  • Global Initiative for Chronic Obst Lung Disease (GOLD) - Update 2011
  • Quality-Based Procedures: Clinical Handbook for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Health Quality Ontario & MOHLTC, January 2013

• Pre-Printed Hospital Admission Orders for COPD:

• Protocols/Order Sets Imbedded in the COPD Order Set for quick print:

  • Adult Potassium Oral Dosing Clinical Protocol
  • Bowel Care Clinical Protocol

• COPD Clinical Pathway for Professionals

• COPD Patient Pathway

• Additional COPD Teaching/Educational Resources
  • (website)

• Smoking Cessation Resources
  • Smoking Cessation Algorithm - for professionals
  • Journey 2 Quit - The Lung Association

• Booklet: One Step at a time - for smokers who don't want to quit - current as of Sept 2010
• Booklet: One Step at a time - for smokers who want to quit - current as of Sept 2010

  Available from: Canadian Cancer Society

  Phone: (519) 376-6011

  Toll-free: 1 800 430-6228

  E-mail: