Perioperative patient care handoffs are complex and multidimensional and require accurate
attention to detail. Communication failures among healthcare providers increase the risk of …

Purpose Anesthesia to postanesthesia care unit (PACU) handoffs are often incomplete,
imprecise, and highly variable with respect to information transfer, and therefore can …

Background: Anesthesia care providers frequently exchange care of patients among one
another. This daily process of information exchange could be a potential source for adverse …

Information loss can occur during all phases of care. The transfer of care (handoff) from the
operating room to the postoperative anesthesia care unit (PACU) is an especially …

BACKGROUND: Communication failures are a significant cause of preventable medical
errors, and poor-quality handoffs are associated with adverse events. We developed and …

Abstract Study Objective To evaluate a new perioperative handoff protocol in the adult
perianesthesia care units (PACUs). Design Prospective, unblinded cross-sectional study …

Checklists are commonly used to structure the communication process between anesthesia
nursing healthcare providers during the transfer of care, or handoff, of a patient after surgery …

The omission of postoperative handoff information which occurs amongst anesthesia
providers and recovery room nurses when a patient leaves the operating room and is …

Objectives The operating room is a specialized, complex environment with many factors that
can impede effective communication during transitions of care between anesthesia …

Communication errors result in substantial perioperative morbidity and mortality. More than
70% of medical errors are related to poor communication. Despite practice guidelines and …