Identifying what is known about improving operating room to intensive care handovers: a scoping review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Identifying what is known about improving operating room to intensive care handovers: a scoping review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Review
 
• Published November 2017

Identifying what is known about improving operating room to intensive care handovers: a scoping review.

Zjadewicz K, Deemer KS, Coulthard J, Doig CJ, Boiteau PJ. Am J Med Qual. 2018 Jan 1; [Epub ahead of print].

Structured communication protocols can enhance reliability of handovers. Examining the literature on improving handoffs between operating rooms and intensive care units, this review found a lack of robust data regarding how such tools affect patient safety.

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