A quality improvement project to assess and refine the handover process at morning trauma meetings.
Tahir, Muaaz Baker, Diya Bruce, Angus
Tahir, Muaaz
Baker, Diya
Bruce, Angus
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Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
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2021-01-07
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A prospective single centre observational study was performed at an acute NHS trust, using the define, measure, analyse, improve and control (DMAIC) methodology. Ten consecutive weekday trauma meetings, involving 43 patients, were observed to identify poor practices in handover. This data was used in conjunction with the Royal College of Surgeon's recommendations for effective handover (2007) to create a standard operating protocol (SOP). Following the implementation of the SOP, a further eight consecutive weekday trauma meetings, involving a further 47 patients, were observed. The data collection was performed by five trained independent observers. The data was analysed using t-test for quantitative variables and chi-square or Fisher's exact tests for categorical variables.
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Sadiq, S., Tahir, M., Nur, I., Baker, D., Elerian, S., Bruce, A., & Malik, A. (2021). A quality improvement project to assess and refine the handover process at morning trauma meetings. Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 62, 406–414.
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