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Does standardized hand-off communication (SBAR) minimize risks of injuries and errors in surgical patients?
Does standardized hand-off communication (SBAR) minimize risks of injuries and errors in surgical patients?
Standardized hand-off communication using the SBAR technique is recommended to minimize risks of injuries and errors during perioperative care transitions.
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May support SBAR hand-offs in perioperative transitions; leaves open prospective validation of error reduction.
Transitions from one care provider to another put patients at increased risk of injuries and errors. A standardized approach to hand-off communication helps minimize these risks. One recognized approach to addressing this concern is the SBAR (ie, situation, background, assessment, recommendation) communication technique. Reference cards with the SBAR communication approach can be used by all staff members during hand offs in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of surgical patient care.
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Amato-Vealey et al. (2008) studied this question.
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