Överrapporteringar mellan olika vårdenheter : En litteraturöversikt

Sammanfattning: Background: Within health care communication is an essential prerequisite for a working system. When communication between different parties works well it results in good care. Communication failure has been proven to be the main reason for adverse events in health care. Another important aspect in the provision of good health care is to have good hand-offs between different health care providers and units. Previous research demonstrates that hand-offs between units are strongly linked to jeopardizing patient safety.   Aim: The aim with this literature review was to identify factors that affect hand-offs between different units Method: A literature review with a thematic analysis of ten qualitative articles  Result: Two themes and four subthemes were identified. “Circumstances during hand-off” with subthemes time available for the hand-off and organizational factors. The other theme was “Communication during hand-off” with subthemes interaction between nurses and what is said. Conclusion: Even though hand-off between units is an indigenous part of health care it is still being affected by factors that could be changed through extracting and implementing evidence-based methods.