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A Needs Assessment For The Development Of The Time Anesthesia Handoff Tool, Courtney K. Gibney
A Needs Assessment For The Development Of The Time Anesthesia Handoff Tool, Courtney K. Gibney
College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations
Standardized handoff is critical to providing safe and effective patient care. Limited studies assess the need for developing a handoff tool for anesthesia providers.
The purpose of this descriptive study was to assess the need for a standardized anesthesia handoff tool and to identify the most essential components to develop an anesthesia handoff tool.
Descriptive survey design was utilized. Anesthesia providers were asked to complete an online survey.
Fifty-three of 82 (64%) respondents did not currently use a systematic process during anesthesia handoff. Most (73%) felt they were given inadequate information and forty (48.8%) sometimes discovered information that was not …