Improving the safety of outpatient to Emergency Department transfers: A quality improvement study in a tertiary hospital in Pakistan

Aziza Lakhani; Samar Fatima; Areej Khawaja; Qurratulain Virani; Muzna Hashmi; Tehreem Khan; Khairunnissa Hooda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0336347

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Improving the safety of outpatient to Emergency Department transfers: A quality improvement study in a tertiary hospital in Pakistan

Aziza Lakhani ,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Outpatient Services, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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Samar Fatima ,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

* E-mail: samar.fatima@aku.edu

¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4617-129X

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Areej Khawaja,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0245-6314

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Qurratulain Virani,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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Muzna Hashmi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0090-4880

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Tehreem Khan,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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Khairunnissa Hooda

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Outpatient Services, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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Improving the safety of outpatient to Emergency Department transfers: A quality improvement study in a tertiary hospital in Pakistan

Aziza Lakhani,
Samar Fatima,
Areej Khawaja,
Qurratulain Virani,
Muzna Hashmi,
Tehreem Khan,
Khairunnissa Hooda

Published: November 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336347

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