A Surgical Handover System for Patient Physiology and Safety.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Ineffective patient handover leads to patient harm, yet no criterion standard exists for safe and effective practice in surgery.

Objective

To determine whether the SIPS (sickest patients first; introduction, situation, background, assessment, recommendation; prioritize; summarize) surgical handover system is associated with improved patient physiology and safety.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective interventional cohort study included an effectiveness-implementation hybrid design and was carried out between January 2023 and June 2024 at the general surgery departments of 2 tertiary academic hospitals. Physicians participating in postcall (emergency) general surgery handover meetings were included. Data were collected for consecutive patients

SUBMITTER: Ryan JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12501811 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature