Record keeping during transfer of critically ill patients - Room for improvement?

Care of the Critically Ill

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 88-93

  Cosgrove, J F ^a   Snowden, C P ^a   Roy, A I ^a   Nesbitt, I ^a   Green, J D ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Safety; Transfer

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0034997577     PISSN: 02660970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. Guidelines for the resuscitation and transfer of patients with serious head injury
2. Audit of transfer of head-injured patients to a stand-alone neurosurgical unit
3. Reduction in morbidity in interhospital transfer by specialised paediatric staff
4. Comparison of a specialist retrieval team with current United Kingdom practice for transport of critically ill patients
5. Trauma chart
6. Transfer of critically ill patients in the Northern Region
7. Introduction of sedative, analgesic and neuromuscular blocking guidelines in a medical intensive care unit: Physician and nurse adherence
8. Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene. Infection control programme