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Chapter 14 - Safety in the Operating Theatres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2018

By
Meghana Pandit
Edited by
Jaideep J. Pandit
Jaideep J. Pandit
Affiliation:
Oxford University Hospitals
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Practical Operating Theatre Management
Measuring and Improving Performance and Patient Experience
 , pp. 178 - 182
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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