Handovers (also called handoffs or transitions of care) may be defined as the process by
which a patient, information relevant to that patient, equipment, and professional …

Patient safety continues to be a major concern for healthcare providers and organizations.
Handovers, also called handoffs, serve as the transfer of postoperative care from the …

BACKGROUND: Failures of communication are a major contributor to perioperative adverse
events. Transitions of care may be particularly vulnerable. We sought to improve …

Aims and objectives The aim of this study was to improve the postoperative handover
process and immediate postoperative patient outcomes. The objective was to implement a …

Background Operating room to intensive care unit handoffs are high-risk events for critically
ill patients. Studies in selected patient populations show that standardizing operating room …

Background The transfer of critically ill patients from the operating room (OR) to the surgical
intensive care unit (SICU) involves handoffs between multiple providers. Incomplete …

Background The goal of this study was to assess systems and processes involved in the
operating room (OR) to intensive care unit (ICU) handoff in an attempt to understand the …

Objectives The clinical handover of critically ill postoperative patients from the operating
theatre to the intensive care unit is a dynamic and complex process that can lead to …

Background Handovers of post-anesthesia patients to the intensive care unit (ICU) are often
unstructured and performed under time pressure. Hence, they bear a high risk of poor …

Aims and objectives (a) To explore the factors affecting quality in postoperative handovers
as perceived by the different professional groups of clinicians involved.(b) To explore …