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Audit of Adverse Clinical Incidents in the Anaesthetic Recovery Room

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2009

A. Hapgood ,
S. jankowski ,
L. Vaughan  and
P. Hyslop
A. Hapgood
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, St. Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey
S. jankowski
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, St. Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey
L. Vaughan
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, St. Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey
P. Hyslop
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, St. Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey
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Extract

In view of recent events regarding paediatric cardiac surgery in Bristol, the medical and nursing profession have been encouraged to embrace clinical governance. Clinical governance ranges from departmental to hospital level and encourages all hospital staff to examine clinical practice by setting standards and measuring up to those standards. Clinical audit can help to achieve this aim

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Anaesthetic & Recovery Nursing , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , May 2001 , pp. 4 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © British Association of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing 2001

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