Effective handoff communication, part 1.: Developing and implementing new SBAR tool

Joint Commission Perspectives on Patient Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Woods, Michael S ^a  

^a Johnson Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

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EID: 80051718578     PISSN: 15345181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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