Hospitals combat errors at the 'hand-off.'

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Hospitals combat errors at the 'hand-off.'

August 9, 2007

Landro L.

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This article reports on communication interventions such as SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation) that make patient hand-offs more reliable.

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