[Patient handover from anaesthesia to postanaesthesia unit: An analysis of the current situation in three Swiss hospitals].

Vetter, Luzia; Camenzind, Elena (2023). [Patient handover from anaesthesia to postanaesthesia unit: An analysis of the current situation in three Swiss hospitals]. Pflege, 36(2), pp. 87-94. Hogrefe 10.1024/1012-5302/a000876

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Patient handover from anaesthesia to postanaesthesia unit: An analysis of the current situation in three Swiss hospitals Abstract. Background: Patient handovers carry a risk of inadequate or missing communication of important information that can jeopardize patient safety. To increase patient safety, protocols for processes and contents of a structured patient handover were created. Aim: To assess the current status of patient handovers from anaesthesia staff to recovery room nurses. Method: After a literature search an observation protocol for patient handovers according to the SBAR concept (von Dossow & Zwißler, 2016) was developed. Using this checklist, non-participant observations were conducted in three Swiss hospitals and evaluated with statistical analysis. Results: A total of 98 observations were made. The report receiving person felt integrated into the handover and received the necessary information. Deficiencies in patient identification and a joint control of lines after surgical interventions could be identified. The subjectively rated quality of patient handover did not differ between the three hospitals (X2(2)=,927, p=,629) and also not according to the time of day (X2(2)=3,604, p=,216). There was also no difference between the subjective quality of the handover and the delivering professional group (X2(3)=4,507, p=,212). Conclusions: The subjective quality of patient handover did not differ between the three hospitals. However, the patient handover protocols need to be adapted to ensure that patient identification and a joint assessment including control of lines and drains are performed.

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