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A Survey of Rounding Practices in Canadian Adult Intensive Care Units.
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- The added value of family-centered rounds in the hospital setting: A systematic review of systematic reviews.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- [Quality of early sepsis diagnostics in German intensive care units-Results of a nationwide survey].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2025Article
- How and why might interprofessional patient- and family-centered rounds improve outcomes among healthcare teams and hospitalized patients? A conceptual framework informed by scoping and narrative literature review methods.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
- Family Presence on Rounds in Adult Critical Care: A Scoping Review.Critical care explorations · 2022Article
- Structure and concept of ICU rounds: the VIS-ITS survey.Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2022Article
- Patient Care Rounds in the Intensive Care Unit During COVID-19.Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety · 2020Article
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- Perspectives on strained intensive care unit capacity: A survey of critical care professionals.PloS one · 2018Article
- Evidence supports the superiority of closed ICUs for patients and families: Yes.Intensive care medicine · 2017Article
- A scoping review of new implementations of interprofessional bedside rounding models to improve teamwork, care, and outcomes in hospitals.Journal of interprofessional careArticle
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7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe rounding practices in Canadian adult Intensive Care Units (ICU) and identify opportunities for improvement.
designMixed methods design. Cross sectional survey of Canadian Adult ICUs (n = 180) with purposefully sampled follow-up interviews (n = 7). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsMedical directors representing 111 ICUs (62%) participated in the survey. Rounding practices varied across ICUs with the majority reporting the use of interprofessional rounds (81%) that employed an open (94%) and collaborative (86%) approach, occurred at the patient's bedside (82%), and started at a standard time (79%) and standard location (56%). Most participants reported that patients (83%) and family members (67%) were welcome to attend rounds. Approximately half of ICUs (48%) used tools to facilitate rounds. Interruptions during rounds were reported to be common (i.e., ≥ 1 interruption for ≥ 50% of patients) in 46% of ICUs. Four themes were identified from qualitative analysis of participant responses to open-ended survey questions and interviews: multidisciplinarity, patient and family involvement, factors influencing productivity, and teaching and learning.
conclusionsThere is considerable variation in current rounding practices in Canadian medical/surgical ICUs. Opportunities exist to improve ICU rounds including ensuring the engagement of essential participants, clearly defining participant roles, establishing a standardized approach to the rounding process, minimizing interruptions, modifying the role of teaching, utilizing a structured rounding tool, and developing a metric for measuring rounding quality.
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