Hand overs in Emergency Medicine a point of ambiguity
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 8
Abstract
Handovers in emergency department is a transfer of care of patients from one shift to another. Communication failure during this process is one the leading cause of providing a low quality handoff, which in turn result into a suboptimal care and jeopardize patient safety. In this paper we are trying to highlight this process and review some literature can aid emergency physicians to come up with a safe and effective sign out
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Ahmed Q. Hasan
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