Communication devices in the operating room

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 655-659

  Ruskin, Keith J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Mobile telephones; Pagers; Patient safety; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET PROTOCOL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILE PHONE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAL SIGN; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MICROCOMPUTERS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 33750861300     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3280110f58     Document Type: Review

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