Purpose This quality improvement project aimed to evaluate the benefits of implementing a
checklist in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) setting to decrease the omission of health …

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

Anesthesia providers participate in many patient handoffs, each of which has the potential
for poor communication that may jeopardize patient care. The use of checklists to facilitate …

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

Objective Patient handover is an important element of continuity, quality and safety in patient
care. Handover without standardized protocols is prone to information loss and might be a …

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

Article-at-a-Glance Background In the transition of a patient from the operating room (OR) to
the postanesthesia care unit (PACU), it was hypothesized that (1) standardizing the …

Purpose Currently, there is no standardized handover pattern for patients undergoing
general anesthesia when being transferred to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). Design …

METHODS Institutional Review Board approval was obtained prior to this study. To create
our checklist, we first used the information published in prior studies and anesthesia …

OBJECTIVES: Perioperative handoffs are a particularly high-risk period given patients'
postprocedural physiology, their physical transport through the hospital, and the triad …