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A written record of these headings on a specifically designed handover sheet is provided to facilitate every shift handover.
Utilisation of a structured handover sheet significantly improved the number of patient details provided; in particular, patient age (18% vs. 100%), duration of stay (29% vs. 79%) and medical management plan (53% vs. 93%).
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Out-of-hours doctors interviewed felt left out of the care loop; handover sheets from specialist palliative care providers were a rarity.
There is some evidence to suggest that electronic nursing documentation systems encompassing electronic progress notes, care plans, handover sheets, scheduling and funding calculations within facilities reduce the time spent on documentation [ 22].
It is also noteworthy that out-of-hours doctors interviewed felt left out of the care loop; none of them had seen any handover sheets from specialist palliative care providers, which is an area where change management could be beneficial.
Local investigators will be specifically responsible for gaining local audit or research approval, forming a research team to identify patients and collect data and creating mechanisms to identify and include eligible patients (including daily review of operating theatre lists, team handover sheets, emergency admission lists, ward lists and operating theatre logbooks).
These changes included a change agent, a handover communication sheet, a notice from the ward staff when they could receive the patient, and an Alert Sheet that informed receiving units about possible upcoming discharges.
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