The effect of a checklist on the quality of patient handover from the operating room to the intensive care unit: a randomized controlled trial. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The effect of a checklist on the quality of patient handover from the operating room to the intensive care unit: a randomized controlled trial. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published December 2015

The effect of a checklist on the quality of patient handover from the operating room to the intensive care unit: a randomized controlled trial.

Salzwedel C, Mai V, Punke MA, Kluge S, Reuter DA. J Crit Care. 2015 Dec 29; [Epub ahead of print].

Communication failures are a well-characterized source of errors in health care. In this prospective, randomized trial at an academic medical center, introducing a checklist for patienthandoffs between the operating room and the intensive care unit resulted in better information exchange between teams.

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