Anesthesia equipment and human error

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 319-323

  Weinger, Matthew B ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ERRORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

HUMAN ERRORS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; DRUG OVERDOSE; ERROR; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SIMULATOR; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 0032700667     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009919207870     Document Type: Short Survey

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