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[Handover protocols in the emergency department].

Felix Patricius Hans¹, Julian Krehl², Matthias Kühn²

¹Zentrum für Notfall und Rettungsmedizin, Universitäts-Notfallzentrum, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Sir-Hans-A.-Krebs-Straße, 79106, Freiburg, Deutschland. felix.hans@uniklinik-freiburg.de.

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Patient handovers risk information loss, impacting safety and treatment. Enhancing handover processes, especially in emergency care, can improve staff satisfaction and care quality.

Keywords:

Emergency medical services Emergency medicine Intersectoral collaboration Patient safety Value-based healthcare

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Area of Science:

Medical Information Transfer
Patient Safety
Emergency Medicine

Context:

Patient handovers are critical for medical information flow but prone to information loss, risking patient safety and treatment.
Emergency settings present unique challenges like high noise, multiple disciplines, and urgent decisions, increasing handover error risk.
Lack of universal handover training leads to practice variability.

Purpose:

To highlight the risks associated with patient handovers, particularly in emergency care.
To emphasize the potential benefits of improving handover strategies.

Summary:

Handovers, regardless of mode, are vulnerable to information loss, potentially compromising patient safety and subsequent care.
Emergency medical services handovers are especially susceptible to errors due to demanding situational factors.
Standardized training is lacking, resulting in inconsistent handover practices.

Impact:

Improving patient handover strategies can enhance staff satisfaction and the overall quality of care.
Optimized handovers may lead to better patient outcomes and prognoses.
Addressing handover deficiencies is crucial for patient safety in acute care settings.