Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
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J. Perianesth. Nurs. · Apr 2017
Patient Care Handoff in the Postanesthesia Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project.
The goal of this project was to improve the process of transferring patient information between certified registered nurse anesthetists and postanesthesia care unit registered nurses using an evidence-based handoff checklist and evaluate completeness and accuracy of transferred information. ⋯ A department-specific handoff checklist can reduce the number of omission errors that may occur during patient handoff.