Handoffs (ie, the exchange of information and responsibility of a patient from one provider or
team to another) are frequent events particularly vulnerable and susceptible to …

Background: Transfers of patient care and responsibility among caregivers,“handovers,” are
common. Whether handovers worsen patient outcome remains unclear. The authors tested …

Handoffs, defined as transfers of patient information and responsibility between health care
providers, are ubiquitous within health care and are vulnerable to communication errors. 1 …

BACKGROUND: Complete handover of anesthesia care to a second anesthesiologist has
been demonstrated to be associated with worse short-term adverse outcomes among …

Purpose Whether intraoperative handover of anesthesia care increases the risk of adverse
outcomes in patients undergoing surgery remains unclear. This systematic review aimed to …

Handoffs (also referred to as “handovers”), in the most concise description, are an exchange
of responsibility for one or more patients from one provider to another. Handoffs are …

Patient handover has been defined as 'the transfer of professional responsibility and
accountability for some or all aspects of care for a patient or group of patients to another …

handoffs. Simply put, handoffs are a risky business. The protocols involved in this area have
been identified as one of the weakest links in patient management. The often-cited Institute …

Background The significance of intraoperative anesthesia handoffs on patient outcomes are
unclear. One aspect differentiating the disparate results is the treatment of confounding …

In 2005, the Dutch Society of Anaesthesiologists showed that handovers during anaesthetic
care increase complication and mortality rates, an observation that has recently been …