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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Initial assessment of patient handoff in accredited general surgery residency programs in the U.S. & Canada



 Can J Surg, Vol. 58, No. 4, August 2015

....our study was restricted to junior surgical residents and did not include senior
level residents, which may overstate the lack the training and/or inexperience with handoffs.....

open access: Initial assessment of patient handoff in accredited
general surgery residency programs in the United States and Canada: a cross-sectional survey

 .....Of the American residents, 67% and 6% reported receiving an incomplete handoff that resulted in minor and major patient harm, respectively. These results mirrored those from Canadian reidents (63% minor and 7% major harm). The most frequent factor reported to improve the patient handoff process was standardization of the verbal handoff.....
 
Conclusion:
Our survey results indicate that the current patient handoff system con
tributes to patient harm. More efforts are needed to establish standardized forms of
verbal and written handoff to ensure patient safety and continuity of c

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