Standardizing postoperative PICU handovers improves handover metrics and patient outcomes.
Pediatr Crit Care Med
; 16(3): 256-63, 2015 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-25607744
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To improve handover communication and patient outcomes for postoperative admissions to a multidisciplinary PICU.DESIGN:
Prospective cohort study.SETTING:
Multidisciplinary PICU in a university hospital.SUBJECTS:
The multidisciplinary team responsible for postoperative PICU admissions and patient care, including attending, fellow, house staff physicians, and nurses from pediatric critical care medicine, surgery, and anesthesia.INTERVENTIONS:
An online survey distributed to PICU, surgery, and anesthesia providers identified existing barriers and challenges to effective postoperative PICU handovers and guided the formation of a standard protocol. Handovers for postoperative PICU admissions were then directly observed for 3 months pre- and postimplementation of the protocol, with data collected on communication, metrics, and patient outcomes. Observations and data collection, as well as the online provider survey, were repeated approximately 1 year after handover protocol implementation. MEASUREMENTS AND MAINRESULTS:
Survey data demonstrated increases in provider ratings of handover attendance, communication, and quality after implementation of the handover protocol (p < 0.001). Surgical report errors were eliminated (p = 0.03), and the prevalence of provider attendance for the handover duration increased from 39.3% to 68.2% (p = 0.01). Following protocol implementation, fewer patients experienced antibiotic delays (34.5% to 13.9%; p = 0.03) or required hemodynamic or respiratory interventions within the first 6 hours of PICU admission (24.6% to 9.1%; p = 0.04). Patients received their first dose of analgesia (62.3 to 17.4 min; p = 0.01) and had their admission laboratory studies sent (42.3 to 32.9 min; p = 0.04) more quickly. Data collected at 12 months postimplementation demonstrated sustained reductions in analgesia timing, antibiotic delays, and handover barriers.CONCLUSIONS:
Postoperative communication and patient outcomes can be improved and sustained over time with implementation of a standardized handover protocol.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Grupo de Atención al Paciente
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Unidades de Cuidado Intensivo Pediátrico
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Transferencia de Pacientes
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Pase de Guardia
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatr Crit Care Med
Asunto de la revista:
PEDIATRIA
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TERAPIA INTENSIVA
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Nueva Caledonia