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Review
. 2024 Jul;47(7):857-862.
doi: 10.1007/s00270-024-03763-4. Epub 2024 Jun 6.

A Proposed Systematic Approach to Safe Inter Hospital Patient Transfer in Interventional Radiology: From Referral to Repatriation

David Wells  1 , Robert Morgan  2 , Michael Greenway  3
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A Proposed Systematic Approach to Safe Inter Hospital Patient Transfer in Interventional Radiology: From Referral to Repatriation

David Wells et al. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2024 Jul.

Abstract

There is no reference in the literature regarding the transfer of patients between hospitals for interventional radiology procedures. This paper outlines an approach to assist with the safe assessment, reassessment and repatriation of patients requiring urgent procedures in a different hospital.

Keywords: Emergency; Governance; Interventional radiology; National early warning system; Resuscitation; Safe patient transfer.

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