Enhancing patient safety during hand-offs: standardized communication and teamwork using the 'SBAR' method.

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Enhancing patient safety during hand-offs: standardized communication and teamwork using the 'SBAR' method.

August 30, 2006

Hohenhaus S, Powell S, Hohenhaus JT. Am J Nurs. 2006;106(8):72A-72B.

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The authors discuss improving handoff communication by adapting crew resource management techniques and using the SBAR model (situation, background, assessment, recommendation).

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