• Handover: the transfer of professional responsibility and accountability for some or all aspects of care for a patient, or group of patients, to anther person or professional group on a temporary or permanent basis.
  • Identify: the stage of the handover process where detail are given to clarify the identity of the healthcare professional and their patient.
  • Incident: an individual occurrence or event.
  • Injury: damage, harm, or loss caused to an individual or group.
  • Inter-hospital transfer: the process of transferring a patient from one hospital to another for the purpose of ongoing medical care.
  • iSoBAR: a step-by-step process that guides the user through a sequential approach to giving and receiving handover.
  • Observation: the stage of the handover process where the patient's most recent vital signs are discussed and a clinical assessment is given.