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Xiang-Jun Zou1, Yin-Ping Zhang
1Medical Department, The Fourth People's Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an, PR China (Ms Zou); and Faculty of Nursing (Dr Zhang), Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center (Ms Zou), Xi'an, PR China.
Abstract:
A standardized nursing handoff form was designed and implemented to improve handoff process, and rates of nursing errors were measured to determine the effectiveness of the intervention. This study was a prospective intervention study, using 1-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design, conducted on an inpatient medical unit. The rates of nursing errors decreased from 9.2 (95% confidence interval, 8.0-10.3) to 5.7 (95% confidence interval, 5.1-6.9) per 100 admissions (P < .001), comparing the pre- and postintervention periods.
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