Surgical handover in an era of reduced working hours: an audit of current practice.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak
; 22(6): 385-8, 2012 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To examine the current practice of handover and to record trainees' assessment of handover process. STUDYDESIGN:
An audit study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of General Surgery, Scarborough General Hospital, Scarborough, United Kingdom, from January to April 2010.METHODOLOGY:
A paper-based questionnaire containing instruments pertaining to handover guidelines was disseminated to trainees on surgical on-call rota at the hospital. Trainees' responses regarding handover process including information transferred, designated location, duration, structure, senior supervision, awareness of guidelines, formal training, and rating of current handover practice were analysed.RESULTS:
A total of 42 questionnaires were returned (response rate = 100%). The trainees included were; registrars 21% (n=9), core surgical trainees 38 % (n=16), and foundation trainees 41% (n=17). Satisfactory compliance (> 80% handover sessions) to RCS guidelines was observed for only five out of nine components. Ninety-five percent of hand over sessions took place at a designated place and two-third lasted less than 20-minutes. Computer generated handover sheet 57% (n=24) was the most commonly practised method of handover. Specialist registrar 69 % (n=29) remained the supervising person in majority of handover sessions. None of the respondents received formal teaching or training in handover, whereas only half of them 48% (n=20) were aware of handover guidelines. Twenty-one percent of the trainees expressed dissatisfaction with the current practice of handover.CONCLUSION:
Current practice of surgical handover lacks structure despite a fair degree of compliance to RCS handover guidelines. A computerised-sheet based structured handover process, subjected to regular audit, would ensure patient safety and continuity of care.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
11_ODS3_cobertura_universal
Problema de salud:
11_delivery_arrangements
Asunto principal:
Cirugía General
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Continuidad de la Atención al Paciente
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido