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Structured handover in general surgery: an audit of current practice.

Jones HG, Watt B, Lewis L, Chaku S. J Patient Saf. 2015 May 21; [Epub ahead of print].

This pre-post study of handoff practices among surgeons found improvements in adherence to recommended guidelines after implementation of a standardized handoff tool. These findings add to theevidence for structured information transfer to enhance patient safety.

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