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

McElroy LM, Collins KM, Koller FL, et al. Operating room to intensive care unit handoffs and the risks of patient harm. Surgery. 2015;158(3):588-594. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.061.

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September 9, 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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McElroy LM, Collins KM, Koller FL, et al. Operating room to intensive care unit handoffs and the risks of patient harm. Surgery. 2015;158(3):588-594. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.061.