====== Safety ======

Testing new [[medical device]]s or [[procedure]]s in [[term]]s of [[safety]], [[effectiveness]], and [[durability]] should follow the strictest methodological rigor before [[implementation]].
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Safety is the state of being "safe" (from French sauf), the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of [[failure]], [[damage]], [[error]], [[accident]]s, harm or any other event which could be considered non-desirable. Safety can also be defined to be the control of recognized hazards to achieve an acceptable level of risk. This can take the form of being protected from the event or from exposure to something that causes health or economic losses. It can include the protection of people or possessions.

===== Safety in neurosurgery =====
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===== Surgical safety checklist =====

[[Surgical safety checklist]].


===== Clinical safety =====
[[Clinical safety]]

===== Patient safety =====

see [[Patient safety culture]]

===== Books =====
Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery.

===== MRI Safety =====
[[Magnetic resonance imaging Safety]]