Checking the anaesthetic machine: Self-reported assessment in a university hospital

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 314-319

  Klopfenstein, C E ^a   Van Gessel, E ^a   Forster, A ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic machine, check list; Questionnaire, self reported assessment, physicians and nurses

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 0031813810     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003643-199805000-00012     Document Type: Article

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