Day of surgery cancellations after nurse-led pre-assessment in an elective surgical centre: the first 2 years.
We describe a nurse-led pre-assessment system at an elective surgical centre. A targeted referral system was used by trained nurses to direct referrals to a supervising consultant anaesthetist or to the surgical team. Of 2726 patients pre-assessed in the first 2 years, 105 patients (3.9%) were cance...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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