Effective communication on temporary transfers of inpatient care.

Objective: To describe the implementation of a standardized process of effective communication for the temporary transfer of inpatient care.

Method: Experience report of the implantation of a process of temporary transfer of care between professionals of the hospital wards and areas of diagnostic-therapeutic procedures of a university hospital in the south of Brazil. The process began in 2015 involving adult wards and radiology, being expanded to other areas of the hospital in 2017.