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Critical incident reports concerning anaesthetic equipment: analysis of the UK National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) data from 2006-2008.
Cassidy CJ, Smith A, Arnot-Smith J. Anaesthesia. 2011;66:879-888.

Analysis of critical incidents involving anesthesia equipment failure found that the vast majority of incidents did not lead to patient harm.

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