OUT OF HOURS Transfer Review 2019

A Quality Improvement Project

Abstract

To ensure patient safety and continued care whilst maintaining patient flow throughout the hospital from the admissions unit to the wards, it is expected that each medical patient transferred between wards out of hours is reviewed by a member of the Hospital At Night team: the so-called “transfer review”. Through our experiences we were concerned that transfer review is currently:
1) Inconsistent – with no clear instructions as to what to include.
2) Inefficient - lots of time spent by staff reviewing well patients, detracting from time that could spent responding to unwell or deteriorating patients.