Promoting patient safety with perioperative hand-off communication. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Promoting patient safety with perioperative hand-off communication. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published January 2016

Promoting patient safety with perioperative hand-off communication.

Robinson NL. J Perianesth Nurs. 2016;31:245-253.

Handoffs are comprised of a multitude of steps that are prone to communication error. This commentary describes how a hospital drew from Lean Six Sigma concepts to develop and implement a standardized handoff process. The effort achieved improvements and established a concrete method for nurses to apply safe communication and data sharing principles in theperioperative environment.

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