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. 2000 Mar 18;320(7237):785-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.785.

Anaesthesiology as a model for patient safety in health care

D M Gaba  1
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Anaesthesiology as a model for patient safety in health care

D M Gaba. BMJ. .
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Simulation room of the simulation centre at VA Palo Alto Health Care System, California, with arthroscopic knee surgery in progress. The computerised patient mannequin and associated equipment provides clinical cues and electronic data to patient monitoring devices. The simulator is controlled from an adjoining control room
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