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Clinical handover, the Glossary

Index Clinical handover

Clinical handover (patient handover or handover) is the transfer of professional responsibility and accountability for some or all aspects of care for a patient, or group of patients, to another person or professional group on a temporary or permanent basis.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 6 relations: Australia, Change-of-shift report, GP Liaison, Patient safety, SBAR, United Kingdom.

  2. General practice
  3. Hospitals
  4. Medicine

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Change-of-shift report

In healthcare, a change-of-shift report is a meeting between healthcare providers at the change of shift in which vital information about and responsibility for the patient is provided from the off-going provider to the on-coming provider (Groves, Manges, Scott-Cawiezell, 2016).

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GP Liaison

A GP Liaison (also: General Practice Liaison Officer or GPLO) is a manager or management team facilitating a close working relationship between hospitals and general practitioners (GPs) in the community. Clinical handover and gP Liaison are general practice, health care, hospitals and patient safety.

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Patient safety

Patient safety is a discipline that emphasizes safety in health care through the prevention, reduction, reporting and analysis of error and other types of unnecessary harm that often lead to adverse patient events.

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SBAR

SBAR is an acronym for Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation; a technique that can be used to facilitate prompt and appropriate communication.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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See also

General practice

Hospitals

Medicine

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_handover