Errata

There was an error in table one of the above manuscript. It should read as follows:

Table 1. Incidences of the more common injuries occurring during anaesthesia.

Injury Incidence Notes

Death 1:50,000 (0.02%) All patients

1:100,000 (0.001%) ASA I & II
Anaphylaxis 1:10,000 (0.01%)
Awareness 1:300 (0.3%) With muscle relaxants
1:3,000 (0.03%) Without muscle relaxants
Ocular injury 1:1,000 (0.1%)
Blindness 1:125,000 (0.0008%) All surgery
1:100 (1%) Cardiac surgery
Sore throat 1:2 (45%) Tracheal tube
1:5 (20%) Laryngeal mask
1:10 (10%) Facemask
Oral trauma 1:20 (5%) All oral trauma
1:100 (1%) All dental injury
1:5,000 (0.02%) Requiring intervention
Peripheral nerve injury 1:1,000 (0.1%) General anaesthesia
(permanent & 1:5,000 (0.02%) Nerve block
temporary) 3:10,000 (0.03%) Spinal/epidural anaesthesia

The author would like to apologise for this error.

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Tetanus
Andrew Michael Taylor, FRCA
Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, Nottingham University Hospitals, NHS Trust Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
Tel: 0115 9249924 Fax: 0115 970 0739 E-mail: andytanaes@hotmail.com
Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain 2006 6(3):101–104; doi:10.1093/bjaceaccp/mkl014

Question 10 (c) of the above manuscript was incorrect. Below is the correct version:
Tetanus
(a) is contagious
(b) has an average incubation period of four weeks
(c) should be notified to the Health & Safety Agency
(d) is caused by tetanolysin
(e) spores can survive autoclaving at 121
C

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