A Model for a Standardized and Sustainable Pediatric Anesthesia-Intensive Care Unit Hand-Off Process.

ABSTRACT: The hand-off process between pediatric anesthesia and intensive care unit (ICU) teams involves the exchange of patient health information and plays a major role in reducing errors and increasing staff satisfaction. Our objectives were to (1) standardize the hand-off process in children's ICUs, and (2) evaluate the provider satisfaction, efficiency and sustainability of the improved hand-off process. Following multidisciplinary discussions, the hand-off process was standardized for transfers of care between anesthesia-ICU teams. A pre-implementation and two post-implementation (6 months, >2 years) staff satisfaction surveys and audits were conducted to evaluate the success, quality and sustainability of the hand-off process. There was no difference in the time spent during the sign out proc

SUBMITTER: Dalal PG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552720 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature