2.4.24 Patient handover Estimated reading: 1 minute 921 views Authors Goal and purpose Regulation of the transfer of a patient to the care of another department. See also intensive care unit, operating theatre, transfer within the hospital, shift handover on the ward. The content and addressee of the handover is documented Area of application Description of the Resources Risks Documentation Responsibility and qualification Notes and comments Applicable documents Literature Nara Regina Spall Martins, Edson Zangiacomi Martinez, Cláudia Marquez Simões, Paul Randall Barach, Maria José Carvalho Carmona Analysing and mitigating the risks of patient harm during operating room to intensive care unit patient handoffs International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Volume 37, Issue 1, 2025, mzae114, https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzae114 Published: 19 December 2024 Terms Attachments 2.4 Guidance of the treatment - Previous 2.4.23 Transmission of critical results of diagnostic findings Next - 2.4 Guidance of the treatment 2.4.25 Tumour board
