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Improving patient safety during position changes under general anaesthesia: “CHOPP check”- a new patient safety and educational tool

SUMMARY

The requirement to change position whilst under general anaesthesia may expose patients to significant risks. We devised and implemented a concise and comprehensive patient positioning safety tool with the aim of reducing risks and improving patient safety during position changes under anaesthesia.doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.4.7965How to cite this: Hussein K, Lal S, Moore M, Leonard I. Improving patient safety during position changes under general anaesthesia: “CHOPP check”- a new patient safety and educational tool. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(4):1199-1201. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.4.7965This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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