Review of the Australian incident monitoring system

AD Spigelman, J Swan - ANZ journal of surgery, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: A survey was conducted to assess the benefits and limitations of the Australian
Incident Monitoring System (AIMS) as a programme to improve patient safety. Methods: A 12 …

Anaesthetic adverse incident reports: an Australian study of 1,231 outcomes

A Aders, H Aders - Anaesthesia and intensive care, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
While there have been previous studies looking at patterns of litigation against anaesthetists
overseas, there is little reported on the trends in Australia. This study was performed to …

Arterial misplacement of a femoral central venous catheter complicated with acute arterial occlusion

HL Hung, KY Chao, LM Tseng, FM Hung… - Journal of the Chinese …, 2005 - Elsevier
Femoral vein catheterization is often carried out during resuscitation and in critical care
units. It is usually achieved via a blind, external landmark-guided technique, through manual …