Many critical incidents could be avoided by preanaesthesia equipment checks: lessons for high reliability organisations

Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2014 May;31(5):289-91. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000054.

Authors

Claus Zippel¹, André Börgers, Andreas Weitzel, Sabine Bohnet-Joschko

Affiliation

¹ From the Faculty of Management and Economics, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany (CZ, SB-J), and the Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Therapy (AB) and Department of Medical Engineering (AW), Clinics Essen-Mitte, Germany.

PMID: 24557025
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000054

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anesthesia / adverse effects
Anesthesia / methods*
Equipment Failure
Equipment Safety
Germany
Humans
Safety Management / methods*