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'Making capnography mandatory during surgery will enhance patient safety'

The organisations say a capnograph is a tool for detecting leading cause of anesthesia-related complications and deaths in low-resource settings.

(R-L) Dr Zipporah Gathuya Paediatric Anaesthesiologist, Prof Daniela Filipescu President of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), Dr Faye Evans member of the Lifebox Global Governance Council and Dr Elizabeth Igaga Director of Program Safety at Smile Train. (Credit: Jacky Achan)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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Global health organisation have called for the inclusion of a capnograph as an essential monitoring equipment in anaesthesia guidelines.

Lifebox, Smile Train, the World Federation of Societies

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