Interprofessional handover and patient safety in anaesthesia: Observational study of handovers in the recovery room

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 332-337

  Smith, A F ^a   Pope, C ^b   Goodwin, D ^c   Mort, M ^c  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, recovery period; Communication; Education, continuing; Interprofessional relations; Postoperative care; Recovery, postoperative

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECOVERY ROOM; RESPONSIBILITY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RECOVERY ROOM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 50949114149     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen168     Document Type: Article

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