The effect of a checklist on the quality of post-anaesthesia patient handover: A randomized controlled trial

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-181

  Salzwedel, Cornelie ^a   Bartz, Hans Jürgen ^a   Kühnelt, Ina ^a   Appel, Daniel ^a   Haupt, Oliver ^a   Maisch, Stefan ^a   Schmidt, Gunter Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesiology; Checklist; Recovery room; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; CHECKLIST; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84875799265     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt009     Document Type: Article

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