Still more to do to improve perioperative safety and prevent patient harm
Above all else, the raison d’être of the perioperative nurse is to maintain surgical asepsis and patient safety. However, despite all current efforts, there is still an unacceptably high number of our patients experiencing preventable adverse events. A recent systematic review found that 20 per cen...
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| Main Author: | Jed Duff |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Australian College of Perioperative Nurses
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Perioperative Nursing |
| Online Access: | https://journal.acorn.org.au/index.php/jpn/article/view/190 |
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