Handover process: How to improve quality and safety through an ergonomic solution

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Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 2941-2945

  Toccafondi, Giulio ^a   Albolino, Sara ^a   Bellandi, Tommaso ^a   Venneri, Francesco ^b  

^a Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management Tuscany Region   (Italy)

^b Clinical Risk Management Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

design; handover; human factors; participation

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL HANDOVER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859880087     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0660-2941     Document Type: Conference Paper

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