Standardized multidisciplinary protocol improves handover of cardiac surgery patients to the intensive care unit.

Brian F Joy; Emily Elliott; Courtney Hardy; Christine Sullivan; Carl L Backer; Jason M. Kane

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Standardized multidisciplinary protocol improves handover of cardiac surgery patients to the intensive care unit.

June 1, 2011

Joy BF, Elliott E, Hardy C, et al. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2010;12(3).

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Introduction of a formal handoff system reduced technical errors and improved the quality of handoffs when transferring cardiac surgery patients from the operating room to the intensive care unit.

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