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OR and ICU teams ‘running in parallel’ at the end of cardiothoracic surgery improves perceptions of handoff safety

BMJ Open Quality, 2021
The transfer of a cardiac surgery patient from the operating room (OR) to the intensive care unit (ICU) is both a challenging process and a critical period for outcomes.
Safraz Hamid, Frederic Joyce, Aaliya Burza, Billy Yang, Alexander Le, Ahmad Saleh, Robert S Poston   +6 more
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Utilizing Video vs Simulation Practice for Handoff Education of Nursing Students in Pediatric Nursing [PDF]

Child Health Nursing Research, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a model for handoff education for nursing students based on simulation using video and to identify educational effects of a simulated situation in pediatric care units.
Sun-Nam Park, Young Soon Im
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Improving handoff with the implementation of I-PASS at a tertiary oncology hospital

BMJ Open Quality, 2023
Background Lack of consistent and standardised handoffs is a leading cause of patient harm. With increased census in our hospital medicine (HM) service, failure to handoff using a standardised method has the potential to cause significant patient harm ...
Marina George, Maria C Franco Vega, Mohamed Ait Aiss, Maura Smith, Lakeisha Day, Anayo Mbadugha, Zalie Niangar, Diane Bodurka   +7 more
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I-PASS Mentored Implementation Handoff Curriculum: Frontline Provider Training Materials

MedEdPORTAL, 2020
Introduction The I-PASS Handoff Program is a comprehensive handoff curriculum that has been shown to decrease rates of medical errors and adverse events during patient handoffs.
Jennifer K. O'Toole, Jennifer Hepps, Amy J. Starmer, Shilpa J. Patel, Glenn Rosenbluth, Sharon Calaman, Maria-Lucia Campos, Joseph O. Lopreiato, Jeffrey L. Schnipper, Theodore C. Sectish, Rajendu Srivastava, Daniel C. West, Christopher P. Landrigan, Nancy D. Spector, Clifton E. Yu   +14 more
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Utilizing Electronic Medical Records to Standardize Handoffs in Academic Ophthalmology

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology, 2020
Purpose Formalized handoff procedures have been shown to increase patient safety and quality of care across multiple medical and surgical specialties,1–4 but literature regarding handoffs in ophthalmology remains sparse.
Lynn W. Sun, Andrea L. Stahulak, Deborah M. Costakos   +2 more
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Anesthesiology Handoff Simulation Case: A Handoff From Intensive Care Unit to Operating Room for Anesthesiology Learners

MedEdPORTAL, 2020
Introduction Handoffs have been shown to be a potential cause of communication failures, leading to possible inefficiencies and patient harm. We noticed that our CA-1 residents were struggling with patient handoffs and designed this simulation to improve
Sandeep Krishnan, Nakul Kumar, Erik Diaz, Imani Thornton, Farhad Ghoddoussi, Terry A. Ellis   +5 more
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Educational Needs Assessment in Pediatric Nursing Handoff for Nursing Students [PDF]

Child Health Nursing Research, 2015
Purpose: This descriptive research was conducted to identify educational needs in pediatric nursing handoff training to improve students’ handoff skills.
Sun Nam Park, Yunsoo Kim, Young Soon Im
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Improving Communication in the Medical Intensive Care Unit Through Standardization of Handoff Format: A Quality Improvement Project

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2023
Objective: To decrease interruptions in handoff, increase compliance with a structured verbal handoff format, and increase compliance with handoff template completion in electronic medical records without increasing the length of handoff time.
Lindsey A. Wallace, DScPAS, PA-C, Kelsey K. Schuder, CNP, MSN, MPH, Vicki Loeslie, DNP, Andrew C. Hanson, MS, Clifford Ongubo, DNP, Elaine Chiarelly, CNP, MSN, Gregory Schalla, PA-C, Kathleen Hinson Meek, PA-C, Donald Springer, CNP   +8 more
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The Standardisation of handoffs in a large academic paediatric emergency department using I-PASS

BMJ Open Quality, 2021
Background and objectives Despite the American College of Emergency Physicians and American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for standardised handoffs in the emergency department (ED), few EDs have an established tool.
Binita Patel, Cara Doughty, Melissa Sydow Chladek, Kyetta Alade, Marideth Rus, Joan Shook, Kim LIttle-Weinert   +6 more
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Investigating the scope of resident patient care handoffs within neurosurgery. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
INTRODUCTION: Handoffs are defined as verbal and written communications during patient care transitions. With the passage of recent ACMGE work hour rules further limiting the hours interns can spend in the hospital, many fear that more handoffs will ...
Maya A Babu, Brian V Nahed, Robert F Heary   +2 more
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