Improving Patient Safety by Implementing a Standardized and Consistent Approach to Hand-Off Communication

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 289-292

  Sandlin, Debbie ^a  

^a Southern Hills Medical Center   (United States)

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EID: 34548688949     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2007.05.010     Document Type: Note

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3. AORN. Hand-off communications. "Hand-off" toolkit to improve transitions in care within the perioperative environment (2007). http://www.aorn.org/toolkit/patienthandoff/ Available at: http://www.aorn.org/toolkit/patienthandoff/. Accessed May 1.
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