Summary of search terms
| Phases of surgical care | Search terms |
| Preoperative | handover, handoff, preoperative, interdisciplinary communication, interprofessional relations, communication, checklist, practice guideline, organizational innovation, transition of care, patient discharge, continuity of patient care, interdisciplinary collaboration, checklist, operating room, preadmit department, and preoperative admission checklist |
| Intraoperative | handover, handoff, intraoperative, interdisciplinary communication, interprofessional relations, communication, checklist, practice guideline, organizational innovation, transition of care, patient discharge, continuity of patient care, interdisciplinary collaboration, checklist, operating room, and surgical safety checklist |
| Postoperative | handover, handoff, postoperative, interdisciplinary communication, interprofessional relations, communication, checklist, practice guideline, organizational innovation, transition of care, patient discharge, continuity of patient care, interdisciplinary collaboration, checklist, operating room, postanaesthetic care unit, and anaesthesia recovery room |