Clinical handover of the critically ill postoperative patient: an integrative review

Australian Critical Care : Official Journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses
Therese M GardinerBrigid M Gillespie

Abstract

The clinical handover of critically ill postoperative patients from the operating theatre to the intensive care unit is a dynamic and complex process that can lead to communication and technical errors. The objectives of this integrative review were to illustrate how the use of structured handover processes between the operating theatre and intensive care unit impacts information transfer, handover duration, post-handover technical error and high risk events. Integrative review methodology was used to allow for the inclusion of broad research designs, summarising current knowledge from existing research and identify gaps in the literature. A systematic search of electronic databases including the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Cochrane library, Embase, ProQuest central and PubMed were performed. Original research articles, in either adults or paediatrics, specific to handover between an operating theatre and intensive care unit were included. Data extracted from studies included country of origin, sample size, number of hospital sites, study design, study aim, measures, key findings and limitations. The quality of the integrative review articles was assessed against the 'Standard Quality Asse...Continue Reading

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