Surgical safety in Hong Kong’s public hospitals would make another leap forward if the paper count sheets used to keep track of medical instruments for operations could be replaced by electronic tablets, according to an award-winning nurse who has witnessed the evolution of the city’s operating theatres over several decades.
Software on the tablets would be able to alert nurses to inconsistencies in the numbers, said Alick Chiu Hak-fai, 59, operating theatre manager at North...
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