The effect of a checklist on the quality of post-anaesthesia patient handover: a randomized controlled trial.

Cornelie Salzwedel; Hans-Jürgen Bartz; Ina Kühnelt; Daniel Appel; Oliver Haupt; Stefan Maisch; Gunter Nils Schmidt

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The effect of a checklist on the quality of post-anaesthesia patient handover: a randomized controlled trial.

April 3, 2013

Salzwedel C, Bartz H-J, Kühnelt I, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2013;25(2):176-81.

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Implementing a checklist for post-surgical handoffs resulted in more information being included in the handoff, but on average, only about half of the checklist items were specifically discussed. Prior studies have also found lower than expected checklist adherence in real-world settings.

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