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Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf · Mar 2012
Implementing a perioperative handoff tool to improve postprocedural patient transfers.
- Michelle A Petrovic, Elizabeth A Martinez, and Hanan Aboumatar.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. michelle.petrovic@jhmi.edu
- Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012 Mar 1;38(3):135-42.
AbstractHandoffs in the perioperative setting--the period during which the patient leaves the operating room (OR) and arrives at the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) or intensive care unit (ICU)--have received little attention. A perioperative handoff tool consisting of an OR-to-ICU/PACU protocol and checklists incorporates a defined process, a specified team structure, a procedure for technology transfer, and clearly defined information elements to share. The tool could be applied to any periprocedural setting in which a patient is physically transferred from the procedural location (with the associated procedural team) to a postprocedural care unit with a different care team.
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