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Patient safety during anaesthesia: incorporation of the WHO safe surgery guidelines into clinical practice.
Schlack WS, Boermeester MA. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2010;23:754-758.

This review discusses how the WHO surgical safety checklist and structured briefings can be used to improve patient safety in the surgical setting.
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