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- Title
Safety Priorities in the Post-Anaesthesia Care Unit.
- Authors
Bhaskar, S. Bala; Dongare, Pradeep A.; Ali, Zulfiqar
- Abstract
The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery has identified peri-operative mortality rate as an important quality indicator of access and safety of surgery. Large-scale studies focusing on the availability of post-anaesthesia care units in low and middle-income countries are not available. This article deals with the safety concerns related to the design, staffing patterns, medication error prevention, mandatory equipment and monitoring in the post-anaesthesia care unit and safety concerns related to the patient transfers.
- Subjects
MEDICATION error prevention; PREVENTION of surgical complications; CLINICAL medicine; MIDDLE-income countries; HEALTH services accessibility; DOCUMENTATION; AUDITING; HOSPITAL building design &; construction; PATIENT safety; KEY performance indicators (Management); OPERATIVE surgery; RECOVERY rooms; SURGICAL equipment; INTRAOPERATIVE monitoring; WORKING hours; EQUIPMENT maintenance &; repair; PATIENT monitoring; MEDICAL needs assessment; TRANSPORTATION of patients; PERIOPERATIVE care; LOW-income countries
- Publication
Update in Anaesthesia, 2024, Vol 38, p31
- ISSN
1353-4882
- Publication type
Article