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Tyler Mardis1, Matt Mardis, Joshua Davis
1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Messrs T. Mardis and M. Mardis and Dr Riesenberg); Sidney Kimmel Medical College (Mr Davis) and Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (Dr Donnelly), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware (Mss Justice and Holdinsky and Drs Donnelly and Ragozine-Bush).
Abstract:
Multiple institutions identify communication and shift-to-shift handoffs as a source of clinical errors. Conducting handoffs at the bedside has been proposed as a potential solution to improve the quality of communication at change of shift. This article reports a systematic review of English-language research articles, published between January 1, 2008, and October 31, 2014, focused on bedside shift-to-shift handoffs. Forty-one articles were identified and analyzed in this systematic review.
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