Standardized postoperative handover process improves outcomes in the intensive care unit: a model for operational sustainability and improved team performance.

Rupal T Bhakta; David C. Stockwell

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Standardized postoperative handover process improves outcomes in the intensive care unit: a model for operational sustainability and improved team performance.

August 22, 2012

Bhakta RT, Stockwell DC. Crit Care Med. 2012;40(7).

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Use of a standardized handoff tool was associated with a decrease in postoperative adverse events in pediatric cardiac surgery patients.

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