Operating room to intensive care unit handoffs and the risks of patient harm.

Lisa M. McElroy; Kelly M. Collins; Felicitas L. Koller; Rebeca Khorzad; Michael M. Abecassis; Jane L. Holl; Daniela P. Ladner

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Operating room to intensive care unit handoffs and the risks of patient harm.

July 22, 2015

McElroy LM, Collins KM, Koller FL, et al. Surgery. 2015;158(3):588-594.

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This research group performed a failure mode and effect analysis to study handoffs between the operating room and the intensive care unit for liver transplant patients at a large academic medical center. The authors identified 81 process failures and outlined recommendations to mitigate many of these risks.

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