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 …

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 …

Each facility should implement a standardized approach to hand-off communication,
including an opportunity to ask questions. Although hand-off communication may be verbal …

Purpose The goal of this project was to improve the process of transferring patient
information between certified registered nurse anesthetists and postanesthesia care unit …

Over the last 2 decades, patient safety in medicine has evolved into a well-established field
of medical and public concern, as evidenced by the number of organizations now dedicated …

Background: Despite a growing awareness that a standardized handoff tool is critical to
providing safe and effective patient care, there are limited studies to assess the need for the …

During any surgical experience, many health care providers care for each patient, which
leads to multiple transfers (ie, hand offs) from one caregiver to another. The average surgical …

In the recent patient safety literature, there is an increasing agreement that effective patient
handover is critical to patient safety by ensuring appropriate coordination among health-care …

Background Communication errors are considered one of the major causes of sentinel
events. Our aim was to assess the process of patient handoff among junior surgical …