faxing report in partpartum

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  1. our hospital is trialing faxing report from L&D to postpartum any onther hospitals currently do this?

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      dosent seem safe
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      sounds like a good idea?

Wondering if any hospitals fax report in postpartum.  My hospital is trialing. 

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

Do you mean entirely in lieu of a verbal hand-off? 

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yes, please klone what are your thoughts?

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

I think it's a horrible idea, and goes against TJC's guidelines on safe transfer/continuity of care. I think hand-off should always be live-person-to-live-person (ideally, IN PERSON, so both nurses can assess bleeding, lines, and IV settings together). As a nurse manager, there is NO WAY I would allow report to be strictly via fax. I have seen specific examples of nurses catching errors and unsafe situations during bedside report.

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Thank you Klone I appreciate your knowledge and time I agree 100%

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