CO04 | Safety Briefing in the critical area: the experience of the Urgency Medicine of ASL Biella
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Background and Aims of the study: Ineffective communication is responsible for more than 60% of adverse events in hospitals; a useful tool to reduce this risk is the Safety Briefing (SB). The SB is a short unit briefing with the aim of improving both the situational awareness of the team and the patient’s safety. Materials and Methods: After consulting the databases, the SB was introduced in the Urgency Medicine unit of the Hospital of Biella. After having taken charge of the patient through the SBAR method, a short briefing (5 minutes) was held, in which situations posing a risk to the patient’s safety and key information which the whole team needed to know were pointed out. The objective was to intercept adverse events and point out worsening conditions. Results: The results showed a higher cohesion, communication and continuity when taking charge of the patient. By pointing out to every team member the patients at risk (of falling, of reduced compliance…) it was possible to prevent such events, and/or to intervene timely in case of worsening conditions. Moreover, the SB allowed the team to prevent potential errors while treating the patients. Conclusions: The SB did not negatively influence the daily organization of the unit; however, the briefing ended up lasting more than 5 minutes. Our future aim is that of summarizing the information and reduce the SB time, so we can match the standards of the literature, and use it in all of our hospital facilities.
Source: Italian Journal of Medicine
Authors: Vo Van Kha, Tran Thi Huong Ly, Pham Thi Thanh Hoa, Vo Huynh Nhu, Damas Hendriansyah, Nusratuddin Abdullah, Rudy B. Leonardy, Mardiah Tahir, Samrichard Rambulangi, Firdaus Hamid, Filomena Pietrantonio, Vera Kopsaj, Francesco Rosiello, Aurora Tomassoni, Luca Moriconi, Donatella Padua, Kiki Rizki Amelia, Efendi Lukas, Nurbani Bangsawan, Isharyah Sunarno, Retno Budiarti Farid, Sriwijaya Qadar, Rabab H. Elshaikh, Ashok Kumar Sah, Abdelrahman Mohamed Abukanna, Abdulrahman Algarni, Ammar Abdelmola, Hussam Ali Osman, Tagwa Yousif Elsayed Yousif, Elryah I. Ali, Hiba Ali, Ayman Hussein Alfeel, Thanh Long Nguyen, Victor Storm, Lam Toi Phung, Cong Thien Le, Thi Thu Ha Le, Thi Hoa Nguyen, Son Tung Vu, Thien Thang Tran, Minh Hanh Vu, Van Tuan Nguyen, Francesco Ventrella, Anna Belfiore, Antonio Greco, Franco Mastroianni, Salvatore Lenti, Domenico Ruggiero, Michele Cannone, Vincenzo Ostilio Palmieri, Massimo Errico, Giuseppe Mancia, Guido Grassi, Sverre E. Kjeldsen
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413771595