The tangible handoff: a team approach for advancing structured communication in labor and delivery.
The tangible handoff tool, a standardized, patient-specific, two-sided pocket card that guides nurses through transfer of care at each shift, is intended to improve continuity and coordination of care in labor and delivery.
Block
Michael
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Department of Anesthesiology, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. MBlock@humed.com
Ehrenworth
Jean F
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Cuce
Virginia M
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Ng'ang'a
Njoki
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Weinbach
Jacqueline
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Saber
Shelley B
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Milic
Milija
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Urgo
Judith A
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Sokoli
Desiree
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Schlesinger
Mark D
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