The effect of a checklist on the quality of patient handover from the operating room to the intensive care unit: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 32, Issue , 2016, Pages 170-174

  Salzwedel, Cornelie ^a   Mai, Victoria ^a   Punke, Mark A ^a   Kluge, Stefan ^a   Reuter, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Checklist; Critical care; Patient handover; Patient safety; Postoperative period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

CHECKLIST; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL CARE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84959545256     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.12.016     Document Type: Article

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