Quality of Handover to a Post Anaesthesia Care Unit in a Children's Hospital

University of Witten/Herdecke441 enrolled

Overview

Postoperative handovers to the post anaesthesia care unit (PACU) in adult anaesthesia are described as incomplete and unstructured, although their relevance for the patient safety is well known. It must be assumed that for children, this handover is at least comparable important. With a self-developed checklist information transfer during postoperative handovers will be documented and subsequently compared with patient information in anaesthesia records.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

441

Conditions

Information Transfer During Postoperative Handovers

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 17 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All patients transferred to the PACU after surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Age \> 18 years

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Quantity of Information Loss during Postoperative Handovers in the PACU

Time frame: Three month

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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