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Clinical handover incident reporting in one UK general hospital.
Pezzolesi C, Schifano F, Pickles J, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2010;22:396-401.

Analysis of incident reports revealed a lower than expected number of reports involving handoffs, most of which did not result in patient harm.
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