Surgical Suite to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Handover Protocol: Implementation Process and Long-term Sustainability

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 113-120

  Northway, Tracie ^a   Krahn, Gordon ^a   Thibault, Kristine ^a   Yarske, Lisa ^a   Yuskiv, Nataliya ^b   Kissoon, Niranjan ^a,b   Collet, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; handoff; pediatric intensive care; rapid process improvement; team to team handover; transfer; video recording

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CORONARY CARE UNIT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84958104269     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000093     Document Type: Review

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