title: [Patient handover involves numerous safety risks].
abstract: Modern patient care requires collaboration among health-care workers belonging to various functional units, departments and hospitals. When the responsibility for patients is handed over, information is easily lost. This literature review identifies problems in patient handover situations and proposes solutions to these. We reviewed 417 papers and the analysis comprises 29 papers. The paper points out numerous problems in connection with the transfer of responsibility, showing the importance of focusing on patient handover as a vulnerable phase in patient care.
authors.affiliation: Institut for Planlægning, Innovation og Ledelse, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. insi@man.dtu.dk
authors.forename: Inger Margrete Dyrholm
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Siemsen
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Michaelsen
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Østergaard
authors.forename: Henning Boje
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management