NZATS
The New Zealand Anaesthetic Technicians' Society - A body representing Anaesthetic Technicians' in New Zealand.
Anaesthetic Technicians are healthcare workers employed in the New Zealand health service. Anaesthetic Technicians work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team that includes doctors, nurses and support workers. The New Zealand Anaesthetic Technicians Society currently hold a voluntary register of members, but have been accepted as needing regulation as a profession by the Government under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.
Anaesthetic Technicians are involved with all aspects of the delivery of a patient's perioperative anaesthetic care.
Related links
- New Zealand Anaesthetic Technicians Society, New Zealand based Anaesthesia Assistants Society
- Australia & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
- Association of Operating Department Practitioners (UK)
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