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Communication Audit in an Intensive Care Unit of a Government Teaching Hospital
Dr Sania Shahbaz Hasnain, Dr Sameer Mehrotra, Dr R K Ranyal, Dr Sunil Basukala
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<p><p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Background: Safe patient handovers require that accurate, reliable and relevant information is unambiguously&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;communicated between healthcare providers&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Aim &amp;amp; objectives: To carry out communication audit during patient hand overs in an intensive care area of a tertiary care teaching hospital.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Study design and methods: An observational, cross&amp;ndash;sectional and descriptive study in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Tertiary Care Hospital&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;which includes both medical and surgical beds conducted over a period of 4 months.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Results: Multiple shift change, high patient turn over, adverse staffing ratio and the lack of regular training practices were the root causes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;identified as barriers to successful communication.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Conclusion: Multidisciplinary strategies involving physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals with a special focus on communication&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;and education should be targeted.&lt;/div&gt;</p></p>
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Dr Sania Shahbaz Hasnain, Dr Sameer Mehrotra, Dr R K Ranyal, Dr Sunil Basukala Communication Audit in an Intensive Care Unit of a Government Teaching Hospital Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 4, Issue: 4 April 2015
