Enhancing the Quality of the Anesthesia to Postanesthesia Care Unit Patient Transfer Through Use of an Electronic Medical Record –Based Handoff Tool

Anesthesia to postanesthesia care unit (PACU) handoffs are often incomplete, imprecise, and highly variable with respect to information transfer, and therefore can jeopardize patient safety. A standardized anesthesia to PACU electronic medical record (EMR)-based patient handoff checklist was implemented and evaluated for its effect on the information transfer.

Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - December 5, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Margaret L. Halladay, Julie A. Thompson, Charles A. Vacchiano Tags: Original Article Source Type: research