Formed in 2015, the Perioperative Multi-Center Handoff Collaborative is supported by the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation’s (APSF), as a special interest group, to address one of its 2018 Patient Safety Priorities – Patient-related Communication Issues, Handoffs and Transitions in Care.

Our Mission:

• To build the evidence base and implement strategies and tactics capable of eliminating unintended harms attributable to poor communication and teamwork during perioperative handovers

Our Aims:

• Understand the current state of perioperative handovers from all stakeholders
• Publish generalizable knowledge to advance perioperative handovers
• Organize and execute multi-center studies with human factors and implementation scientists
• Develop training material for medical education at the undergraduate, graduate and licensed practioneer levels