Improving Handover From Intensive Care Units to Surgical Wards Using a Standardized Patient Handover Process: A Prospective Clinical Quality Improvement and Implementation Study.
BACKGROUND Poor handovers from ICU to general surgical wards cause communication and teamworking challenges, loss of information, readmission to the ICU within 48 h and increased hospital stay and may result in unexpected death. AIMS The primary aim of this research was to evaluate the effects of implementing a stand...