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Publication Name World Journal of Surgical Procedures
Manuscript ID 22846
Country/Territory 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 Company Editor-in-Chief
2016-03-16 16:10
Articles in Press
2016-03-16 16:10
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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/
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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