Improving clinical handover between intensive care unit and general ward professionals at intensive care unit discharge

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 589-604

  van Sluisveld, Nelleke ^a   Hesselink, Gijs ^a   van der Hoeven, Johannes Gerardus ^a   Westert, Gert ^a   Wollersheim, Hub ^a   Zegers, Marieke ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical handover; Intensive care; Patient safety; Quality of care; Systematic review; Transitional care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84939990443     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-3666-8     Document Type: Review

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