Patient safety during anaesthesia: incorporation of the WHO safe surgery guidelines into clinical practice.

Wolfgang S. Schlack; Marja A. Boermeester

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Patient safety during anaesthesia: incorporation of the WHO safe surgery guidelines into clinical practice.

December 6, 2010

Schlack WS, Boermeester MA. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2010;23(6):754-8.

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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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