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08/03/2010

Pacific Update

ANZCA ASM 2010

Pacific and Beyond Session and Real World Anaesthesia Workshop

Already heard about BIS and POISE?  Come to the Pacific and Beyond session on Monday 3 May at the ANZCA ASM.  Workshop is an introduction to working in developing 
countries and resource-poor environments.

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01/03/2010

Medsafe Update

Additions to Medsafe's Web site from 25-29 January 2010

Recall Notices
http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/Marevan.asp
Product recall notice - Marevan (Warfarin) 3mg tablets

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27/01/2010

Early Anaesthesia

Neolithic surgeons are thought to have  been capable of amputations in "relatively aseptic conditions" about 6900 years ago and to have used the hallucinogenic effects from the toxic datura plant as an anaesthetic, as quoted in the journal, Antiquity.

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Research

Surgical Safety Checklist

New versions of the checklist, implementation manual, and guidelines, were released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in September 2009.

http://www.who.int/patientsafety/safesurgery/en/

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