SWITCH for safety: Perioperative hand-off tools

AORN Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 494-507

  Johnson, Fay ^a   Logsdon, Patty ^b   Fournier, Kim ^a   Fisher, Sandra ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication breakdown; Communication tools; Hand off communication; Hand off reports; Hand off tools; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION TOOLS; HAND-OFF COMMUNICATION; HAND-OFF REPORTS; HAND-OFF TOOLS; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING;

COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN; COMMUNICATION TOOLS; HAND-OFF COMMUNICATION; HAND-OFF REPORTS; HAND-OFF TOOLS; PATIENT SAFETY;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HUMANS; PATIENT HANDOFF; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING;

EID: 84886285139     PISSN: 00012092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aorn.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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