Objective To strengthen nursing quality management in the handover of operative patients and to crystallize responsibility so as to ensure patient safety.Method 78 cases of patients undergoing selective operation who didn’t use handover checklist in 2008 were distributed to control group and 80 cases of patients undergoing selective operation in 2011 who used handover checklist were in observation group.Results of the two groups were comparatively analyzed.Results There were 10 cases whose preoperative preparation were insufficient in the control group while there were 3 cases in the observation group

and differences between the two groups were statistically significant（χ2=4.303

p<0.05）.Phenomena such as omission of patients’ items were significantly decreased after application of handover checklist.conclusion application of handover checklist to operative patients guarantees the connectivity and integration in operation nursing

and improves the ability of preventing potential safety hazard in the handover of operative patients.