Hand-Off Communication: A Requisite for Perioperative Patient Safety

ONE RECOGNIZED APPROACH to addressing this concern is the SBAR (ie, situation, background, assessment, recommendation) communication technique. Reference cards with the SBAR communication approach can be used by all staff members during hand offs in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of surgical patient care. AORN J 88 (November 2008) 763-770. © AORN, Inc, 2008.