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Enhancing the Quality of the Anesthesia to Postanesthesia Care Unit Patient Transfer Through Use of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Handoff Tool.

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Halladay, ML; Thompson, JA; Vacchiano, CA
Published in: Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
June 2019

Anesthesia to postanesthesia care unit (PACU) handoffs are often incomplete, imprecise, and highly variable with respect to information transfer, and therefore can jeopardize patient safety. A standardized anesthesia to PACU electronic medical record (EMR)-based patient handoff checklist was implemented and evaluated for its effect on the information transfer.An observational preimplementation and postimplementation design was used.Assessment of the completeness and accuracy of information transfer during the PACU handoff was performed for a convenience samples of 100 patients preimplementation, 3 weeks postimplementation, and 3 months postimplementation.The mean percentage of total handoff checklist items addressed significantly increased 3 weeks and 3 months postimplementation compared with baseline.The use of a standardized anesthesia to PACU EMR-based handoff checklist significantly increased the percent of accurate information transferred without considerably affecting the duration of the PACU handoff process.

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Published In

Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses

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EISSN

1532-8473

ISSN

1089-9472

Publication Date

June 2019

Volume

34

Issue

3

Start / End Page

622 / 632

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Recovery Room
  • Quality Improvement
  • Patient Safety
  • Patient Handoff
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Checklist
  • Anesthesiology
 

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Halladay, M. L., Thompson, J. A., & Vacchiano, C. A. (2019). Enhancing the Quality of the Anesthesia to Postanesthesia Care Unit Patient Transfer Through Use of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Handoff Tool. Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses, 34(3), 622–632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2018.09.002
Halladay, Margaret L., Julie A. Thompson, and Charles A. Vacchiano. “Enhancing the Quality of the Anesthesia to Postanesthesia Care Unit Patient Transfer Through Use of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Handoff Tool.Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses 34, no. 3 (June 2019): 622–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2018.09.002.
Halladay ML, Thompson JA, Vacchiano CA. Enhancing the Quality of the Anesthesia to Postanesthesia Care Unit Patient Transfer Through Use of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Handoff Tool. Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. 2019 Jun;34(3):622–32.
Halladay, Margaret L., et al. “Enhancing the Quality of the Anesthesia to Postanesthesia Care Unit Patient Transfer Through Use of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Handoff Tool.Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses, vol. 34, no. 3, June 2019, pp. 622–32. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.jopan.2018.09.002.
Halladay ML, Thompson JA, Vacchiano CA. Enhancing the Quality of the Anesthesia to Postanesthesia Care Unit Patient Transfer Through Use of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Handoff Tool. Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. 2019 Jun;34(3):622–632.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses

DOI

EISSN

1532-8473

ISSN

1089-9472

Publication Date

June 2019

Volume

34

Issue

3

Start / End Page

622 / 632

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Recovery Room
  • Quality Improvement
  • Patient Safety
  • Patient Handoff
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Checklist
  • Anesthesiology