AMA clinical handover guide – Safe Handover: Safe Patients
The Australian Medical Association has developed a Safe Handover: Safe Patients guide, to provide doctors, hospitals and members of the healthcare team with a resource to assist them in their efforts to improve patient safety.
The guide is the first of its type published in Australia, and has been developed from a similar guide prepared by the British Medical Association.
It is generally agreed that clinical handover is neither well taught nor well practised in Australia – so this guide is a big step forward. It provides practical guidance to those doctors and hospitals who are seeking to improve their handover processes.
