Paper IV During the period January to May 2015, a total of six focus group interviews were conducted. Using purposive sampling, nurse anaesthetists (n=8), anaesthesiologists (n=7) and PACU nurses (n=8) with at least one year’s experience in the profession were invited to participate. The heads of department established contact with potential participants. The participants received written and oral information about the study. The composition of the groups was based on the participants’ similar role, profession and experience of the same issues90 so as to enable identification of patterns in the professional groups’ description of and reflections on postoperative handover. The demographic characteristics are shown in Table 3. Table 3. Demographic characteristics of participants Nurse Anaesthetists Anaesthesiologists PACU nurses1