Patient safety during transfers from critical care: developing and assessing a checklist.

Pearson, Laura; Finney, Andrew

Abstract

Critically ill patients often need to be transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU) to the imaging department. This can compromise their safety, not only because of the inherent risk of deterioration but also because of the potential for incidents due to the inadequate preparation of medicines, equipment and monitoring. Using a patient transfer checklist can reduce the risk of human factor errors. This article reports on a quality improvement project conducted at the ICU of an acute hospital trust in the Midlands to develop and evaluate a patient transfer checklist. The checklist was developed based on guidance from the Intensive Care Society and evaluated using retrospective incident reports, an audit of staff compliance and a user survey. Using a transfer checklist in the ICU is likely to reduce patient safety incidents during transfers, but a shift in workplace culture may be needed to enhance incident reporting. [Abstract copyright: © 2024 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers.]

Citation

Pearson, L., & Finney, A. (2024). Patient safety during transfers from critical care: developing and assessing a checklist. Nursing Management, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.7748/nm.2024.e2137

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 1, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Aug 27, 2024
• Publication Date: Sep 27, 2024
• Deposit Date: Sep 27, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 30, 2024
• Journal: Nursing management (Harrow, London, England : 1994)
• Print ISSN: 1354-5760
• Electronic ISSN: 1354-5760
• Publisher: RCN Publishing (RCNi)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 1-7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.7748/nm.2024.e2137
• Keywords: professional, diagnostic tests, patients, clinical, critical care, nursing care, patient safety, intensive care
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• Publisher URL: https://journals.rcni.com/nursing-management/evidence-and-practice/patient-safety-during-transfers-from-critical-care-developing-and-assessing-a-checklist-nm.2024.e2137/full