Patient safety during anaesthesia: Incorporation of the WHO safe surgery guidelines into clinical practice

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 754-758

  Schlack, Wolfgang S ^a   Boermeester, Marja A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

patient safety; perioperative complications; perioperative mortality; review; surgical checklist; time out

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANESTHESIA; CHECKLIST; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78649460668     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283400b26     Document Type: Review

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