Improving patient safety in handover from intensive care unit to general ward: a systematic review.

Ida Wibrandt; Anne Lippert

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Improving patient safety in handover from intensive care unit to general ward: a systematic review.

June 21, 2017

Wibrandt I, Lippert A. J Patient Saf. 2020;16(3):199-210.

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This systematic review of handoffs from intensive care to general ward identified eight intervention studies, none of which demonstrated improved mortality or lower readmission rates. Handoff strategies differed widely among the included studies. The authors recommend further study to identify best handoff practices for patients discharged from intensive care.

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