communication in the perioperative environment

Question	Answer
perioperative information flow points of care	preoperative - preadmission clinic, holding area intreoperative - surgical team, anaesthetics team postoperative - PARU, ward, day surgery
communication across disciplines	barrier, facilitation factors
perioperative nursing handover	verbal handover, occurs across disciplines, and across points of care
verbal and non-verbal communication	consider dress code, touching in theatre, codes of behaviour
formal data flow mechanisms	huddle, surgical safety checklist, team time out, patient chart
informal data flow mechanisms	corridor conversations, notes on preop schedule, creating a huddle if there isnt one, paper scraps

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	Created by Elizabeth Then over 6 years ago