Handover in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery - A Human Factors Assessment

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-29

  Agha, Riaz A ^a  

^a FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Handover; Human Factors Assessment; Patient Safety; SEIPS Model; Systems Approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTOR ASSESSMENT; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84892853596     PISSN: 20490801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2049-0801(12)70009-2     Document Type: Article

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