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Improving postoperative handover: a prospective observational study.

Kamal Nagpal1, May Abboudi, Chhavi Manchanda

  • 1Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality, Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, 10th floor, QEQM, St. Mary's Hospital, South Wharf Road, London W2 1NY, UK.

American Journal of Surgery
|October 2, 2013
PubMed
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Implementing a standardized postoperative handover protocol significantly reduced information omissions and task errors. This improved communication, teamwork, and nurse satisfaction, enhancing patient care quality.

Keywords:
ChecklistHandoverPostoperative handoverProforma

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Published on: September 7, 2022

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Quality Improvement
  • Patient Safety
  • Surgical Care

Background:

  • Postoperative handover is critical for patient care continuity.
  • Current handover practices often lack structure, leading to errors.
  • A systematic approach is needed to optimize postoperative information transfer.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To enhance postoperative handover by implementing a new protocol.
  • To standardize the handover process using a dedicated proforma.
  • To evaluate the impact of the new protocol on information accuracy and team dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective pre-post intervention study design.
  • Implementation of a standardized handover protocol with a proforma.
  • Data collection on information omissions, task errors, communication, teamwork, and satisfaction.

Main Results:

  • Significant reduction in information omissions (9 to 3 per handover).
  • Significant decrease in task errors (2.8 to 0.8).
  • Improved teamwork and nurse satisfaction scores (median 3 to 4 and 4 to 5, respectively).

Conclusions:

  • Standardized postoperative handover effectively reduces errors and omissions.
  • The new protocol enhances communication and teamwork.
  • The implemented protocol improved handover quality and was user-friendly.