Postsurgical handover of pediatric patients from operating rooms (OR) to pediatric intensive
care units (PICU) is a critical step. This transition is susceptible to errors and inefficiencies …

Postsurgical handover of paediatric patients from operating rooms to intensive care units is a
critical moment. This process is susceptible to errors and inefficiencies particularly if poor …

Objectives: To improve handover communication and patient outcomes for postoperative
admissions to a multidisciplinary PICU. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting …

Purpose To establish a structured handover in the pediatric postanesthesia care unit.
Design An observational prequality and postquality improvement design was used. Methods …

Methods: In this before and after study, a multidisciplinary team developed a standardized
handoff protocol (including a checklist) instituted in the Dartmouth PICU over the summer of …

Objectives: To determine whether the implementation of a standardized handover protocol
could reduce the number of errors occurring during patient transitions from the operating …

Methods: This was a prospective, pre–post observational study after standardization of
postoperative transitions in a 44-bed pediatric intensive care unit in a 313-bed tertiary care …

Objective: To improve the quality of handover of complex patients after pediatric cardiac
surgery through the use of a simple handover tool. Design: Prospective, pre …

Methods: MEDLINE (EBSCO) was searched for interventions that improve the efficacy of
clinical handovers. Studies were excluded if they were irrelevant, not published in peer …

Objectives Handoffs are critical points in transitioning care between multidisciplinary teams,
yet data regarding intensive care unit (ICU) handoffs in pediatric noncardiac surgical …