Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
Amy P Woods
Tanzania
Research Article
A Mnemonic to Facilitate the Handover from the Operating Room to Intensive Care Unit: "I PUT PATIENTS FIRST"
Author(s): Tiffany Sun Moon, Michael X Gonzales and Amy P WoodsTiffany Sun Moon, Michael X Gonzales and Amy P Woods
Quality problem or issue: The clinical handover is a critical phase in patient care. Quality improvement efforts aimed towards encouraging effective communication during the handover process are crucial to improve the outcomes of particularly vulnerable patient populations, such as those transferred post-operatively from the operating room (OR) to the intensive care unit (ICU).
Initial assessment: The lack of standardization in the operating room to intensive care unit handover yields wide variability in the quality of handover reports between providers. Furthermore, this issue is exacerbated by the lack of a strong pedagogical tool through which resident physicians can become familiar with this process.
Choice of solution: The use of a simple mnemonic to act as a guide for the operating room to intensive care unit.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000545