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A strategy to enhance the safety and efficiency of handovers of ICU patients: study protocol of the pICUp study

Authors: Nelleke van Sluisveld, Marieke Zegers, Gert Westert, Johannes Gerardus van der Hoeven, Hub Wollersheim

Published in: Implementation Science | Issue 1/2013

Abstract

Background

To use intensive care unit (ICU) facilities efficiently and ensure high quality of care, an optimal patient flow is necessary. Discharging patients relieves the pressure on ICU beds but the risk of premature discharge must be managed carefully. Suboptimal patient discharge may result in ICU readmissions and in patients’ death.

The aim of this study is to obtain insight into the safety and efficiency of current ICU discharge practices and into barriers and facilitators to the implementation of effective ICU discharge interventions, and to develop an implementation strategy tailored to the barriers and facilitators identified.

Methods/design

This study exists of five phases. Phase A: analysis of routinely registered data on variation in ICU readmissions and hospital mortality after ICU discharge of all ICUs participating in the Dutch National Intensive Care Evaluation registry (n = 83). Phase B: systematic review of effective interventions aiming to improve the efficiency and safety of the ICU discharge process. Phase C: assessing the intervention adherence with a questionnaire survey among all Dutch ICUs (n = 90). Phase D: assessing barriers and facilitators to the implementation of effective ICU discharge interventions with a questionnaire survey among all Dutch intensivists (n = 700). The questionnaire will be based on barriers and facilitators identified by focus groups (n = 4) and individual interviews with professionals of ICUs and general wards and adult discharged ICU patients (n = 25 to 30). Phase E: systematic development of an implementation strategy based on the sampled data in phase A to D, and effective implementation strategies from the literature using the intervention mapping method.

Discussion

Using theory and empirical data, an implementation strategy will be developed to improve the safety and efficiency of the ICU discharge process. The developed strategy will be evaluated in a subsequent study. The knowledge obtained in this study should be used for further implementation of ICU discharge interventions, and can be used for implementation of handover interventions in other healthcare transition settings.

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Title: A strategy to enhance the safety and efficiency of handovers of ICU patients: study protocol of the pICUp study
Authors: Nelleke van Sluisveld
Marieke Zegers
Gert Westert
Johannes Gerardus van der Hoeven
Hub Wollersheim
Publication date: 01-12-2013
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Implementation Science / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1748-5908
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-8-67

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A strategy to enhance the safety and efficiency of handovers of ICU patients: study protocol of the pICUp study

Abstract

Background

Methods/design

Discussion

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Background

Methods/design

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