Implementing a Perioperative Handoff Tool to Improve Postprocedural Patient Transfers

Patient handover from surgery to intensive care: using Formula 1 pit‐stop and aviation models to improve safety and quality

Marc R. de Leval, Angus McEwan, Nick Pigott et al. · Pediatric Anesthesia · 2007 · 513 citations · Full text

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +17

Consequences of Inadequate Sign-out for Patient Care

Leora I. Horwitz, Tannaz Moin, Harlan M. Krumholz et al. · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2008 · 391 citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Continuity Of Care +8

Handoffs Causing Patient Harm: A Survey of Medical and Surgical House Staff

Barrett T. Kitch, Jeffrey B. Cooper, Warren M. Zapol et al. · The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety · 2008 · 250 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Negligence +9

Adequacy of information transferred at resident sign-out (inhospital handover of care): a prospective survey

Stephen M. Borowitz, Linda A. Waggoner-Fountain, Ellen J. Bass et al. · BMJ Quality & Safety · 2008 · 183 citations

Medicine, Medical Education, Health Communication +10

Interprofessional handover and patient safety in anaesthesia: observational study of handovers in the recovery room

A.F. Smith, Catherine Pope, Dawn Goodwin et al. · British Journal of Anaesthesia · 2008 · 171 citations

Nursing, Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine +17