Perioperative safety: learning, not taking, from aviation.

Christopher Neuhaus; Stefan Hofer; Goetz Hofmann; Carsten Wächter; Markus A. Weigand; Christoph Lichtenstern

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Perioperative safety: learning, not taking, from aviation.

July 27, 2016

Neuhaus C, Hofer S, Hofmann G, et al. Anesth Analg. 2016;122(6):2059-63.

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Although aviation safety strategies such as checklists and team briefings are widely considered to be valuable in health care, evidence regarding their impact has been mixed. Discussing barriers to surgical team adoption of aviation safety principles, this commentary provides a framework to guide briefings about anesthesia inductions.

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