Improved patient safety with a simplified operating room to pediatric intensive care unit handover tool (PATHQS).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient handover is a crucial transition requiring a high level of coordination and communication. In the BC Children's Hospital (BCCH) pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), 10 adverse events stemming from issues that should have been addressed at the operating room (OR) to PICU handover were reported into the patient safety learning system (PSLS) within 1 year. We aimed to undertake a quality improvement project to increase adherence to a standardized OR to PICU handover process to 100% within a 6-month time frame. In doing so, the secondary aim was to reduce adverse events by 50% within the same 6-month period.

Methods

The model for improvement and a Plan, Do, Study, Act method of quality improvement was used in this project. The adverse events were reviewed t

SUBMITTER: Subramonian D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10847360 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature