title: How do you keep your patient safe? Biological issues that impact on procedures.
abstract: In this fourth article in the Concepts in Anatomy series, Mriga Williams discusses the issue of keeping patients safe within the operating theatre department. This series is based on Physiology and Anatomy, a homeostatic approach, John Clancy and Andrew McVicar (eds), Edward Arnold, London, 1995.
authors.affiliation: Anglia Polytechnic University.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D004869:Equipment Safety; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D009873:Operating Rooms; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000451:nursing*; D011481:Protective Clothing; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D013525:Surgical Instruments