Postoperative handover: Characteristics and considerations on improvement: A systematic review

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 229-242

  Møller, Thea P ^a   Madsen, Marlene D ^a   Fuhrmann, Lone ^a   Østergaard, Doris ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CONSENSUS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAMWORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84879079434     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32835d8520     Document Type: Review

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