Preanesthesia detection of equipment faults by anesthesia providers at an academic hospital: Comparison of standard practice and a new electronic checklist

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 497-505

  Blike, G ^a   Biddle, C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia machines; Computer checklist; Equipment; Pre use checkout methods; US Food and Drug Administration anesthesia checklist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMEDICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANESTHESIA; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0034495364     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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