Almost half (47%; n = 14) of the participants described having some awareness of a handover process prior to being invited to take part in the study, with 8 (27%) having experienced this through the ...

Poor clinical handover in hospitals is rendering the system prone to misses and near misses, warn doctors in a letter to this week's BMJ. The introduction of the European Working Time Directive has ...

A four-step model aimed at improving clinical handovers can be utilized to achieve efficient, safe and effective process changes, according to research published in the Journal of Patient Safety.

Successful clinical handover must involve a system that is standardised and easy to use. Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust, which runs King’s Mill Hospital in north Nottinghamshire, believes ...

This article outlines the potential impact of ineffective handover skills on nursesâ confidence, competence and coordination, as well as on patient safety. It focuses on how student nurses can develop ...

Patient handover—the structured transfer of responsibility and clinical information between healthcare professionals—constitutes a cornerstone of safe, continuous care across settings. It spans ...

Continuity of information underlies continuity of care. Handover constitutes the transfer of professional responsibility and accountability for some or all aspects of care for a patient, or group of ...

There is a patient awareness of maternity handover. Some of them view evidence of handover, through clinician awareness of information, as representing positive aspects of teamwork, care and ...