Technology, Education and Safety.

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Technology, Education and Safety.

December 7, 2022

Arna D, ed. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2022;35(6):710-737.

Safety challenges in anesthesiology and perioperative care are high-risk situations. This segment of a reoccurring special section covers strategies for improvement such as use of databases to monitor safety, expansion of safety improvement efforts to perioperative care, and cognitive aid use enhancement.

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