Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Safety in Anesthesia - Types of Errors
Errors are acts of commission (doing something wrong) or omission (failing to do the right thing) leading to an undesirable outcome. Anesthesiologists should be aware of, and actively work to mitigate, common types of errors.
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "Safety in Anesthesia - Types of Errors." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 10th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2022. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728176/all/The_Anesthesia_Machine___Breathing_Systems.
Safety in Anesthesia - Types of Errors. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728176/all/The_Anesthesia_Machine___Breathing_Systems. Accessed August 14, 2025.
Safety in Anesthesia - Types of Errors. (2022). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728176/all/The_Anesthesia_Machine___Breathing_Systems
Safety in Anesthesia - Types of Errors [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. [cited 2025 August 14]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728176/all/The_Anesthesia_Machine___Breathing_Systems.
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