Adverse Outcomes Associated With Intraoperative Anesthesia Handovers: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggested that each additional intraoperative anesthesia handover increased the odds of composite morbidity. It is important to improve the handover quality and avoid handovers when anesthesia providers have high-risk care events, patients having unstable status, or inadequate handover time. PMID: 32387492 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32387492?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing - May 5, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Hu J, Yang Y, Li X, Yu L, Zhou Y, Fallacaro MD, Wright S Tags: J Perianesth Nurs Source Type: research