A
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Chief anesthetist
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Yes
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Very young team
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B
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Chief anesthetist
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No
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Diffusion of best practices difficult because of large anesthesia team
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C
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Chief anesthetist + 2 anesthetists
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No
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Diffusion of best practices difficult because of large anesthesia team
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D
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Chief anesthetist + 1 anesthetist
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No
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New and merged facilities meant that many experienced anesthetists left whilst the improvement assessments were in progress, leaving work to a less experienced team
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E
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Chief anesthetist
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Yes (information system designed and installed by chief anesthetist. Both adapted and adaptable to user needs)
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Private sector anesthetists caring little for institutional improvements apart from the chief anesthetist
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F
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Chief anesthetist
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No
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Team little concerned with institutional improvements apart from the chief anesthetist who identified with patients and showed high commitment to the steps taken to improve quality
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G
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Chief anesthetist
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Yes (technical difficulties; junior anesthetists had to enter senior anesthetists’ written notes on their tablets but, as wi-fi did not work in the hospital wings, they had to reconvene in the operating rooms).
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Strained relationship between the senior anesthetists resisting introduction of new technologies and practices and the chief anesthetist seeking compliance with QAF criteria
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