Implementation of the World Health Organisation surgical safety checklist: Implications for anaesthetists

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 397-398

  Keane, M J ^a   Marshall, S D ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEMORY; SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77949683137     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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