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Introduction: Errors in communication, and during transfers of information and medical responsibility, are frequent and risky. Objectives: Primary: To evaluate the effect of the implementation of the I-PASS® transfer program on the reduction in the frequency of medical attention errors in intensive pediatric therapies in the public hospitals setting. Secondary: 1) Measure the effect of the intervention in increasing the frequency of use of key elements of high quality verbal and written communication during the transfer of patients by health professionals. 2) To explore the effect of the intervention on the culture of patient safety among health professionals who assist pediatric patients in areas of clinical hospitalization. Material and Methods: Design: Staged clinical trial (Stepped Wedge) Duration: 9 months (progressive enrollment of 2 participating units every 2 months). Scope: Pediatric Intensive Care Units Subjects: health professionals involved in transfers in each institution. Intervention: Implementation of a multi-faceted evidence-based transfer package (I-PASS®) that has already been adapted for use in Argentina. The program includes multiple components, including educational training, implementation of a mnemonic verbal and written delivery rule I-PASS®, live observations of transfers to drive continuous improvement of the quality of intervention, through the feedback and a campaign of visual reinforcement materials to ensure sustainability. Events of interest: acceptance of the intervention. Frequency of preventable damages associated with medical care measured with GAPPS® as screening tools. Safety culture survey. Length of the transfer before and after the intervention.


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Objectives: Primary: To evaluate the effect of the implementation of the I-PASS® transfer program on the reduction in the frequency of medical attention errors in intensive pediatric therapies in the public hospitals setting. Secondary: 1) Measure the effect of the intervention in increasing the frequency of use of key elements of high quality verbal and written communication during the transfer of patients by health professionals. 2) To explore the effect of the intervention on the culture of patient safety among health professionals who assist pediatric patients in areas of clinical hospitalization. Material and Methods: Design: Staged clinical trial (Stepped Wedge) Duration: 9 months (progressive enrollment of 2 participating units every 2 months). Scope: Pediatric Intensive Care Units Subjects: health professionals involved in transfers in each institution. Intervention: Implementation of a multi-faceted evidence-based transfer package (I-PASS®) that has already been adapted for use in Argentina. The program includes multiple components, including educational training, implementation of a mnemonic verbal and written delivery rule I-PASS®, live observations of transfers to drive continuous improvement of the quality of intervention, through the feedback and a campaign of visual reinforcement materials to ensure sustainability. Events of interest: acceptance of the intervention. Frequency of preventable damages associated with medical care measured with GAPPS® as screening tools. Safety culture survey. Length of the transfer before and after the intervention. ;


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NCT number NCT03924570
Study type Interventional
Source Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date July 15, 2018
Completion date September 30, 2019

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