The transfer of essential information and the
responsibility for care of the patient frome one health care to the
other health care to be an integral component of communication in
health care . This critical transfer point is known as handoff . An
effective hand off supports the transition of critical information
and a community of care and treatment .
ELEMENTS ;;;-----CONSIDERATION WHEN CREATING AND
IMPLEMENTING A HANDOFF PROTOCOL
| Opportunities |
Threats |
- Support by administration
- Support by staff members
- Editing to suit local needs
- Training ( initial and ongoing)
- Pilot test feedback from staff to team lead
- Use in simulation centers courses
- Regular feedback from staff to team lead
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- Lack of alocal leader
- obstructionists
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ROADMAP TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A HANDOFF
PROTOCOL
| ROADMAP |
- Needsassessment (audit)
- Discussion of results from audit with staff
- Getting support from leadership and administration
- Designating a local "leader" and members of the "focus
group"
- Searching the literaure and reviewing existing tools
- Creating a draft tool via modified Delphi (literative review
and edit)
- Adaptation to local; needs
- Consultation with human factors expert
- piloting th etool and geeting stakeholder feedback.
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