Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Jan 2014
Observational Study[Quality of the anesthesiologist written record during the transfer of postoperative patients: Influence of implementing a structured communication tool].
The lack of communication is a major cause of health care errors, especially during patient transfer between practitioners and/or healthcare units, when standardization of communication is a recommended practice. In our study we wanted to assess whether the application of the structured communication SBAR tool could influence the quality of the information written on the progress sheet by the anesthesiologist involved in the transfer of the patient after surgery. ⋯ There was an improvement in the quality of written records made in 2012 during the implementation of the SBAR, without the actual application of this instrument appearing to influence it. The anesthesiologists that were involved in new forms of patient safety were also those who made written records of highest quality.