Assessment of patient handover process from operating room to intensive care unit at Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital of Ain Shams University

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Summary The patient safety is very important which developed to prevent and minimise risks, errors, and injuries to patients that occur during the provision of health care. People around the world agree that high-quality health care should be effective, safe, and centered on the people who need it. (Candace Friedman, 2014) The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations defined a successful patient handover as a transfer and acceptance of responsibility for patient care, achieved through effective communication. (Caruso et al., 2015) Since 2006, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations mentioned improving the effectiveness of communication among caregivers, as one of the National Patient Safety Goal. This goal had been continued to be repeated every year until, 2022, the year in which the current study was conducted. (Paul et al., 2022) Cardiovascular patients are handed over directly to the critical care unit following surgery, as these patients require extensive care. Intensive care unit patients are particularly vulnerable because of the need for invasive hemodynamic monitoring, administration of high-risk medications, and frequent performance of invasive procedures, all of which provide opportunities for error. (Talley et al., 2019)