Background An intraoperative transfer of care from one anesthesia provider to another, or
handover, may result in information loss and contribute to adverse patient outcomes. In 2019 …

Perioperative handoffs are high-risk events for miscommunications and poor care
coordination, which cause patient harm. Extensive research and several interventions have …

Background Handoffs are ubiquitous in modern healthcare practice, and they can be a point
of resilience and care continuity. However, they are prone to a variety of issues. Handoffs …

Challenges with handoffs and clinical communication have been identified as the root cause
of 75% to 89% of sentinel events. Handoffs that occur during anesthesia care are particularly …

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

Background To more effectively advance safe and reliable perioperative handoffs, the
Perioperative Multi-Center Handoff Collaborative (MHC) was formed by a group of …

Communication is critical to safe patient care. In this issue of the British Journal of
Anaesthesia, Jaulin and colleagues show that use of a Post-Anaesthesia Team Handover …

Abstract Aims and Objectives To describe postoperative handover reporting and tasks in
relation to patient condition and situational circumstances, in order to identify facilitators for …

Patient care handovers (sometimes called handoffs) are organized transfers of pertinent
patient information and responsibility between health care professionals. These handoffs …

Attention to this important issue dates back to some of the first studies in all of patient safety.
1, 2 In recent times, a Research Project Grant Program (R-01) has been awarded by the …