Categories and subcategories that emerged for each profession, marked by an X
| Category | Having different temporal foci during handover | Insecurity when information is transferred from one team to another | Striving to ensure quality of the handover | Weighing the advantages and disadvantages of the bedside handover | Having different perspectives on the transfer of responsibility | |||||||||
| Subcategory | Focusing mainly on the past | Focusing mainly on the present | Focusing on the continuum of care | Insecure about having all information needed | Insecure about receiver's knowledge | Focus the information on deviating events | Aid memory by structure and written information | Cooperate within and between teams | Provide control and save time | Threats to integrity | The disturbing bedside environment | Handover the responsibility | Not handover the responsibility or accountability | Require control before taking over responsibility |
| Nurse Anaesthetists | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Anaesthesiologists | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| PACU nurses* | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
*Postanaesthesia care unit (PACU) nurses were all specialist nurses in intensive care, which means registered nurses with 1 year of training and a degree in intensive care.