Publication Name	World Journal of Surgical Procedures
Manuscript ID	22846
Country	United States

Received	2015-09-28 08:18
Peer-Review Started	2015-09-28 11:21
To Make the First Decision	2015-10-27 11:27
Return for Revision	2015-11-03 11:19
Revised	2016-01-27 22:33
Second Decision	2016-03-07 15:36
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2016-03-08 06:05
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2016-03-16 16:10
Articles in Press	2016-03-16 16:10
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2016-03-21 16:04
Publish the Manuscript Online	2016-03-25 15:16

ISSN	2219-2832 (online)
Open Access	This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Copyright	© The Author(s) 2016. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Article Reprints	For details, please visit: http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/247
Permissions	For details, please visit: http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/207
Publisher	Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
Website	http://www.wjgnet.com

Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Minireviews
Article Title	Patient handoffs in surgery: Successes, failures and room for improvement
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	David H Ballard, Navdeep S Samra and F Dean Griffen
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	F Dean Griffen, MD, FACS, Professor, Chairman, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130, United States. fgriff@lsuhsc.edu
Key Words	Patient handoff; Communication; Patient handover; Patient care; Face-to-face communication; Check out; Sign out
Core Tip	Effective handoffs facilitate effective patient care. Distractions during handoffs cause errors in care, there are no outcomes data to recommend one type of handoff over another, and one type of handoff cannot satisfy all types of practice, even within the same institution.
Publish Date	2016-03-25 15:16
Citation	Ballard DH, Samra NS, Griffen FD. Patient handoffs in surgery: Successes, failures and room for improvement. World J Surg Proced 2016; 6(1): 8-12
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/2219-2832/full/v6/i1/8.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.5412/wjsp.v6.i1.8

Full Article (PDF)	WJSP-6-8.pdf
Full Article (Word)	WJSP-6-8.doc
Manuscript File	22846-Review.doc
Answering Reviewers	22846-Answering reviewers.pdf
Audio Core Tip	22846-Audio core tip.mp3
Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure Form	22846-Conflict-of-interest statement.pdf
Copyright License Agreement	22846-Copyright assignment.pdf
Peer-review Report	22846-Peer-review(s).pdf
Journal Editor-in-Chief Review Report	22846-Journal editor-in-chief review report.pdf
Scientific Misconduct Check	22846-Scientific misconduct check.pdf
Scientific Editor Work List	22846-Scientific editor work list.pdf