Standardised handover process with checklist improves quality and safety of care in the postanaesthesia care unit: the Postanaesthesia Team Handover trial

In conclusion, we show the positive impact of a handover checklist on the number of hypoxaemic events, a major patient outcome In the PACU. This impact is based on focusing on patient monitoring and improving the quality of information transfer, with the obligatory identification of information receivers. as the time is taken to complete the checklists is often perceived as too long, which is a substantial barrier to their adoption, these improvements, which do not add extra time to the handover process, show that it is necessary more than ever to embed the concepts of human and organizational factor engineering in health care.