RESUMEN
Improving communication between health-care professionals is essential for patient safety. This article outlines a quality improvement project carried out to improve the quality of medical handover on a paediatric ward. The project incorporated the use of the SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) tool and use of a job book to highlight outstanding jobs in the daily handover. The project showed an improvement in the quality of handover and highlighted that a standardized approach to medical handover helped to ensure continuity of care of paediatric patients.
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Cuidado del Lactante/normas , Pase de Guardia/normas , Mejoramiento de la Calidad/normas , Comunicación , Hospitales Pediátricos/normas , Humanos , Lactante , Auditoría Médica , Grupo de Atención al Paciente , Pase de Guardia/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguridad del Paciente , Relaciones RacialesAsunto(s)
Dietoterapia , Metilaminas/orina , Odorantes/prevención & control , Orina/química , Adolescente , Edad de Inicio , Niño , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMEN
Feingold's syndrome is a recognised syndrome of organ maldevelopment. Renal abnormalities are not a consistent feature. We report the case of a girl with Feingold's syndrome who had developed end-stage renal failure by the age of 6 years. We recommend that urinary tract imaging be carried out in all children suspected of having Feingold's syndrome.
