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Implementing a structured nursing shift handover system to improve communication and enhance the safety of newborns in the neonatal unit at PGIMER, Chandigarh

A quality improvement study on the implementation of the Structured nursing shift handover protocol to improve handover practices and patient safety among nurses in neonatal unit PGIMER Chandigarh 2025-27 - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/07/113334
Enrollment
210
Registered
2026-07-03
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Quality improvement study implementing a Structured Nursing Shift Handover protocol to enhance handover practices and patient safety among nurses in neonatal unit: Phase 0 Development

Sponsors

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Nursing officers available at the time of data collection and willing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Handovers conducted during emergency situations

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Compliance with the Structured Nursing Shift Handover (SNSH) protocol is measured as the percentage of nursing shift handovers covering at least more than 80 percentage of all domains of the SNSH protocol.Timepoint: At baseline, at approximately Week 3, and during each successive PDSA cycle (approximately 1 week per cycle)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Percentage of neonates who received full parenteral feeding on a given dayTimepoint: At baseline, at approximately Week 3, during each successive PDSA cycle (approximately 1 week per cycle);Percentage of neonates with new onset culture-positive infectionTimepoint: At baseline, at approximately Week 3, during each successive PDSA cycle (approximately 1 week per cycle);Percentage of neonates newly intubated for mechanical ventilationTimepoint: At baseline, at approximately Week 3, during each successive PDSA cycle (approximately 1 week per cycle);Nurse perception, a balancing measure assessing nursing officers perspective on the quality, efficiency, & usefulness of the SNSH protocol using the Handover Evaluation ScaleTimepoint: At the end of Week 3, at the completion of each successive PDSA cycle.;Barriers to protocol adherenceTimepoint: At the end of Week 3, at the completion of each successive PDSA cycle.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactMs Rupinder Kaur

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

meghnadharwal1@gmail.com9878033748

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026