Handover after pediatric heart surgery: a simple tool improves information exchange.

Samara R Zavalkoff; Saleem I Razack; Josée Lavoie; Adrian B Dancea

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Handover after pediatric heart surgery: a simple tool improves information exchange.

June 1, 2011

Zavalkoff SR, Razack SI, Lavoie J, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011;12(3):309-13.

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Use of a structured tool improved the quality of handoffs for postoperative pediatric cardiac surgery patients.

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