Obstetric shift-to-shift handover in Kerala, India: A cross-sectional mixed method study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Beyond the provision of services, quality of care and patient safety measures such as optimal clinical handover at shift changes determine maternity outcomes. We aimed to establish the proportion of women handed over and the content of clinical handovers and communication between shifts within 3 diverse obstetrics units in Kerala, India, and to describe the handover environment.

Methods

A cross sectional study was conducted for six weeks during February and March 2015at three hospitals in Kerala, India, during nurses obstetric handover in one tertiary private, one tertiary government and one secondary government hospital. Nursing handovers in obstetric post-operative, in-patient and labour wards were sampled. An SBAR-based (situation, background, assessment and

SUBMITTER: Pilcher L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098034 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature