SBAR: electronic handoff tool for noncomplicated procedural patients

J Nurs Care Qual. 2012 Apr-Jun;27(2):125-31. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31823cc9a0.

Abstract

Awareness for patient safety led a team to develop an electronic handoff communication tool for noncomplicated routine patients. The structure of SBAR (situation, background, assessment, and recommendation) was used when transferring patients to and from the progressive care unit and cardiac laboratories. The electronic SBAR gave staff a reliable and standard way to provide a patient handoff.

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Communication*
  • Continuity of Patient Care / organization & administration*
  • Hospital Units
  • Humans
  • Laboratories, Hospital
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized*
  • Nursing Administration Research
  • Nursing Care / organization & administration*
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Patient Transfer / methods*
  • Pilot Projects
  • Progressive Patient Care