Safety gaps in medical team communication: Results of quality improvement efforts in a cardiac catheterization laboratory

被引:7
作者
Doorey, Andrew J. [1 ]
Turi, Zoltan G. [2 ]
Lazzara, Elizabeth H. [3 ]
Mendoza, Erika G. [4 ]
Garratt, Kirk N. [1 ]
Weintraub, William S. [1 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Christiana Care Hlth Syst, Ctr Heart & Vasc Hlth, Dept Med, Newark, DE USA
[2] Hackensack Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Med, Hackensack, NJ USA
[3] Embry Riddle Aeronaut Univ, Dept Human Factors, Daytona Beach, FL USA
[4] Delaware State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Dover, DE USA
[5] MedStar Washington Hosp Ctr, Dept Med, Washington, DC USA
关键词
medical order entry systems; standards; medical errors; prevention and control; patient safety; SURGICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; OPERATING-ROOM; SURGERY; CARE; CLASSIFICATION; FAILURE; EVENTS; CLAIMS;
D O I
10.1002/ccd.28298
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Objectives To assess closed-loop communications (readback), a fundamental aspect of effective communication, among cardiovascular teams and assess improvement efforts. Background Effective communication within teams is essential to assure safety and optimal outcomes. Readback of verbal physician orders is a hospital and national requirement. Methods Single-center observational study, where the readback responses to physician verbal orders in the catheterization laboratory were characterized over three distinct time intervals from 2015 to 2017. Performance feedback and focused education on the value of readbacks was provided to the teams in two waves, with subsequent remeasurement. Responses to verbal orders were characterized as complete (all important parameters of the order repeated for verification), partial, acknowledgement only, or no response. Changes in readback performance after quality interventions were assessed. Results During the first-observational period of 101 cases, complete readback occurred in 195 of 515 (38%) medication orders and 136 of 235 (58%) equipment orders. After initial quality improvement efforts, 102 cases were observed. In these, 298 of 480 (62%) medication orders had complete readback, and 210 of 420 (50%) equipment orders had complete readback. After additional quality improvement efforts, 168 cases were observed. In these, 506 of 723 (70%) medication orders had complete readback, and 630 of 1,061 (59%) equipment orders had complete readback. Overall, medication order readback improved over time (correlation = 0.26 [-0.30, -0.21]; p < 0.001), but equipment order readback did not (correlation = 0.02 [-0.07, 0.03]; p = 0.44). Conclusions Closed-loop communication of physician verbal orders was used infrequently in this medical team setting and proved difficult to fully improve. This is an important safety gap.
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