Hospital Handover (I-PASS)
Type each patient's case notes during the shift, then print or copy a clean I-PASS handover for the next vet. Patients sort sickest first within each department and your draft auto-saves in this browser.
Start with the shift
Who is handing over, to whom, and when.
Add a patient to the board
Name the patient, choose a department and pick how much detail the notes should carry.
The patient board
Patients sort sickest first within each department.
Patients who died or were PTS
Patients who went home this shift
Professional use only. This tool organises handover information but does not replace direct clinician-to-clinician communication, local hospital policy, independent verification of medications or treatment plans, or clinical judgement. Confirm urgent tasks, code status, treatment changes and pending diagnostics verbally at handover. © ASK A VET™ — By Dr Duncan Houston.
I-PASS handover structure
I-PASS uses five core elements: Illness severity, Patient summary, Action list, Situation awareness and contingency planning, and Synthesis by receiver. The tool keeps these fields together for every patient and sorts patients by illness severity within each department.
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What you type into this tool is saved in this browser only, and it is still there when the next person opens this page on this computer. It is never sent to Ask A Vet. Use Clear shift before you leave a shared computer.