A critical incident during anaesthesia in the operation theatre
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Anaesthesia equipment failure, broken oxygen flowmeter, oxygen shut downAbstract
In this article, we describe a critical incident which occurred in our operation theatre involving an anaesthesia machine. The oxygen flowmeter broke into three pieces and completely shut down the oxygen flow during anaesthesia. A brief review of the literature on equipment failure during anaesthesia is also given.Downloads
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