[Analysis of incident reports in an anesthesiology unit of a university hospital].

Background: Incident reporting is an effective strategy used to enhance patient safety. An incident is an event that could eventually result in harm to a patient.

Aim: To classify and analyze incidents reported by an Anesthesiology division at a University hospital in Chile.

The healthcare team's perception of the role of the perioperative nurse: A qualitative study.

The surgical process requires the coordination of a number of professionals who understand their own roles and responsibilities, as well as those of the team. In the perioperative setting, expectations are established around behaviors and competencies of every team member. These expectations are influenced by knowledge, training and experience, and may ultimately influence results and the ability to adapt and respond to work demands.

World Health Organization (WHO) surgical safety checklist implementation and its impact on perioperative morbidity and mortality in an academic medical center in Chile.

Health care organizations are unsafe. Numerous centers have incorporated the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in their processes with good results; however, only limited information is available about its effectiveness in Latin America. We aimed to evaluate the impact of the checklist implementation on the in-hospital morbidity and mortality rate in a tertiary health care center.

[What preoperative information do the parents of children undergoing surgery want?].

Introduction: Parents feel fear and anxiety before surgery is performed on their child, and those feelings could obstruct their preparation for the surgery. Preoperative information could relieve those feelings.

Objective: To determine the preoperative information needs of parents of children undergoing elective surgery.