Failure mode and effects analysis of the universal anaesthesia machine in two tertiary care hospitals in Sierra Leone

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 410-415

  Rosen, M A ^a   Sampson, J B ^a   Jackson Jr , E V ^a,b   Koka, R ^a   Chima, A M ^a   Ogbuagu, O U ^a   Marx, M K ^a   Koroma, M ^c   Lee, B H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Austere anaesthesia; Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA; Quality improvement; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANESTHESIA GAS MACHINE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAILURE MODE AND EFFECT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANUAL VENTILATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIERRA LEONE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKLOAD;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; NURSES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIERRA LEONE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84907304841     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu096     Document Type: Article

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