… The Joint Commission has suggested the standardization of practices and strategies for
improving the quality of handoffs. This has led to the widespread development of handoff tools, …

… In an effort to improve handoff communication, many studies have developed and evaluated
the use of a handoff tool such as a handoff checklist or handoff form to facilitate handoff …

… When applying this framework to anesthesia handoff process, the sender is the anesthesia
provider, the message is handoff report, and the receiver is the PACU RN. The handoff …

… Using this baseline data, a standardized handoff tool was designed and the team developed
… Final project problem approved by DNP committee based on results of needs assessment. …

… Six studies incorporated handoff tools embedded in their EMR systems, 26 , 29 , 37 , 44 ,
46 , 49 1 used an electronic form, 46 and 1 provided a checklist on a tablet computer. Seven …

… of the AAP readiness handoff tool, and three weeks for the post-… developed using the team
functioning assessment tool (TFAT), a reliable and valid behavioral marker tool for assessing …

… The lack of a standardized handover tool between anesthesia … process during the anesthesia
handover postoperatively. The … cases where handover between anesthesia providers and …

… from the preoperative RN to the anesthesia team utilizes the evidence-based hand-off tool
100% of the time. Proper hand-off is measured by auditing the hand-off documentation pre-…

… project helps to guide the development of a standardized handoff tool for patients that are …
to the post anesthesia care unit. With this transition, it is paramount that the handoff provided …

… research in order to promote practice change was determined due to the identified needs
assessment to standardize communication during the intraoperative anesthesia handoff. …