First posted 14.9.00
Updated 21.11.07
Merry AF, Webster CS, Van Cotthem IC, Holland RL, Beca JS, Middleton NG. A prospective randomized clinical assessment of a new pigtail central venous catheter in comparison with standard alternatives. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 1999; 27: 639-645.Ducat CM, Merry AF, Webster CS. Attitudes and practices of New Zealand anaesthetists with regard to emergency drugs. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2000; 28: 692-697.
Merry AF, Miller TE, Findon G, Webster CS, Neff SPW. Touch contamination levels during anaesthetic procedures and their relationship to hand hygiene procedures. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2001; 87: 291-294.
Anderson DJ, Webster CS. A systems approach to the reduction of medication error on the hospital ward. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2001; 35: 34-41.
Merry AF, Webster CS, Mathew DJ. A new, safety-orientated, integrated drug administration and automated anesthesia record system. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2001; 93: 385-390.
Webster CS, Merry AF, Larsson L, McGrath K, Weller J. The frequency and nature of drug administration error in anaesthesia. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2001; 29: 494-500.
Merry AF, Webster CS, Weller J, Henderson S, Robinson B. Evaluation in an anaesthesia simulator of a prototype of a new drug administration system designed to reduce error. Anaesthesia 2002; 57: 256-263.
Merry AF, Sidebotham DA, Middleton NG, Calder MV, Webster CS. Tenoxicam 20mg or 40mg after thoracotomy - a prospective, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2002; 30: 160-166.
Webster CS, Anderson DJ. A practical guide to the implementation of an effective incident reporting scheme to reduce medication error on the hospital ward. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2002; 8: 176-183.
Webster CS, Merry AF, Emmens DJ, Van Cotthem IC, Holland RL, Middleton NG. A prospective clinical audit of central venous catheter use and complications in 1000 consecutive patients. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2003; 31: 80-86.
Webster CS, Merry AF, Gander PH, Mann NK. A prospective randomised clinical evaluation of a new safety-orientated injectable drug administration system in comparison with conventional methods. Anaesthesia 2004; 59: 80-87.
Jensen LS, Merry AF, Webster CS, Weller J, Larsson L. Evidence-based strategies for preventing drug administration error during anaesthesia. Anaesthesia 2004; 59: 493-504.
Merry AF, Webster CS, Holland RL, Middleton NG, Schug SA, James M, McGrath KA Clinical tolerability of perioperative tenoxicam in 1001 patients - a prospective, controlled, double-blind, multi-centre study. Pain 2004; 111: 313-322.
Merry AF, Webster CS. Bar codes and the reduction of drug administration error in anaesthesia. Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain 2004; 23: 260-270.
Webster CS, Grieve ROS. Transient fixation on a non-native language associated with anaesthesia. Anaesthesia 2005; 60: 283-286.
Webster CS. The iatrogenic-harm cost equation and new technology [invited editorial]. Anaesthesia 2005; 60: 843-846.
Webster CS. Alan Turing - life and legacy of a great thinker. Prometheus 2005; 23: 352-356.
Webster CS, Grieve DJ. Attitudes to error and patient safety. Prometheus 2005; 23: 253-263.
Webster CS. The nuclear power industry as an alternative analogy for safety in anaesthesia and a novel approach for the conceptualisation of safety goals. Anaesthesia 2005; 60: 1115-1122.
Ryan AJ, Webster CS, Merry AF, Grieve DJ. A national survey of infection control practice by New Zealand Anaesthetists. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2006; 34: 68-74.
Webster CS. Ending spam - Bayesian content filtering and the art of statistical language classification. Prometheus 2006; 24: 121-124.
Webster CS. Resistance is futile - the future and post-humanity. Prometheus 2006; 24: 341-348.
Merry AF, Webster CS, Connell H. A new infusion syringe label system designed to reduce task complexity during drug preparation. Anaesthesia 2007; 62: 486-491.
Webster CS. The personalisation of computing - from behemoth to desktop. Prometheus 2007; 25: 187-193.
Webster CS. A framework for a safe and ethical healthcare system. Prometheus 2008 (accepted).
Webster CS. Behavioural effects of grafts of two areas of the basal forebrain and their combination after fimbria-fornix lesion [Masters thesis]. Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand 1995.Merry AF, Webster CS. Anaesthetists and drug administration error – towards an irreducible minimum. In: Keneally J, Jones M, editors. Australasian Anaesthesia. Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Melbourne 1996. p 53-61.
Webster CS. Implementation and assessment of a new integrated drug administration system (IDAS) as an example of a safety intervention in a complex socio-technological workplace [Doctoral thesis]. Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2004.
Merry AF, Webster CS. Labelling and drug administration error. Anaesthesia 1996; 51: 987-988.Webster CS, Merry AF. The standard deviation and the standard error of the mean. Anaesthesia 1997; 52: 183.
Webster CS, Merry AF. British syringe label "standards" are an accident waiting to happen. Anaesthesia 2000; 55: 618.
Webster CS. Human psychology applies to doctors too. Anaesthesia 2000; 55: 929-930.
Webster CS, Anderson D, Murtagh S. Safety and perioperative medical care. Anaesthesia 2001; 56: 496-497.
Webster CS, Merry AF, Ducat CM. Safety, cost and predrawn emergency drugs. Anaesthesia 2001; 56: 818-820.
Webster CS. Transient fixation on a non-native language associated with anaesthesia. Anaesthesia 2001; 56: 908.
Webster CS, Mathew DJ, Merry AF. Effective labelling is difficult, but safety really does matter. Anaesthesia 2002; 57: 201-202.
Webster CS. Why anaesthetising a patient is more prone to failure than flying a plane. Anaesthesia 2002; 57: 819-820.
Webster CS. Doctors must implement new safety systems, not whinge about them. Anaesthesia 2002; 57: 1231-1232.
Webster CS. Transient fixation on a non-native language associated with anaesthesia - a reply. Anaesthesia 2005; 60: 712-713.
Webster CS. The nuclear power industry as an alternative analogy for safety in anaesthesia and a novel approach for the conceptualisation of safety goals - reply 1. Anaesthesia 2006; 61: 619-620.
Webster CS. The nuclear power industry as an alternative analogy for safety in anaesthesia and a novel approach for the conceptualisation of safety goals - reply 2. Anaesthesia 2006; 61: 309.
Webster CS, Merry AF. Colour coding, drug administration error and the systems approach to safety. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2007; 24: 385-386.
Webster CS, Dalrymple-Alford JC. Behavioural effects of grafts of two areas of the basal forebrain and their combination after fimbria-fornix lesion. Australian Journal of Psychology 1995; 47 Suppl: 27-28.Merry AF, Holland RL, Middleton NG, Schug SA, Webster CS. Perioperative tenoxicam, safety and efficacy – a randomized controlled trail – interim analysis. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 1997; 25: 179.
Merry AF, Holland RL, Middleton NG, Schug SA, Webster CS. Perioperative tenoxicam – update. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 1997; 25: 713.
Millar MA, Gander PH, Merry AF, Webster CS, Henderson RS, Weller J. Work patterns and fatigue-related error rates – a survey of New Zealand anaesthetists. Sleep 1998; 21 Suppl: 278.
Merry AF, Webster CS, Gander PH, Weller J, Henderson S, Robinson B. Evaluation of a new injectable drug administration system prototype in an anaesthesia simulator. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2000; 28: 104.
Webster CS, Merry AF. Clinical evaluation of a new injectable drug administration system in comparison with conventional methods. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2000; 28: 579.
Webster CS, Merry AF, Larsson L, McGrath K. A complex-systems approach to safer drug administration in anaesthesia. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 2000; 16: 150-151.
Millar MA, Gander PH, Purdie G, Merry AF, Webster CS. Sleep of trainee anaesthetists across a two-week roster. Sleep 2000; 23 Suppl 2: 233.
Millar MA, Gander PH, Purdie G, Merry AF, Webster CS. Time-on-duty and time-of-day: effects on optimal reaction time. Sleep 2000; 23 Suppl 2: 234.
Millar MA, Gander PH, Merry AF, Webster CS. Sleep and performance consequences for specialist anaesthetists working twelve consecutive days. Sleep 2001; 23: A33.
Merry AF, Webster CS, Larsson L, Weller J, Frampton CM. Prospective assessment of a new anesthetic drug administration system designed to improve safety. Anesthesiology 2006; 105: A138.
Webster CS. Light speed. New Zealand Science Monthly 1997; 8(6): 14.Webster CS. New Zealand time-bomb 2000 – the millennium bug. New Zealand Science Monthly 1998; 9(3): 14.
Webster CS. Out of control – the new biology of machines. New Zealand Science Monthly 1998; 9(8): 13-14.
Webster CS. Why things bite back – technology and the revenge of unintended consequences. New Zealand Science Monthly 1998; 9(9): 12.
Webster CS. The doctrine of DNA – biology as ideology. New Zealand Science Monthly 1999; 10(3): 14.
Webster CS. The clock of ages: why we age – how we age – winding back the clock. New Zealand Science Monthly 1999; 10(6): 12.
Webster CS. The media equation – how people treat computers, television and new media like real people and places. New Zealand Science Monthly 1999; 10(8): 14.
Webster CS. Evolving the mind – on the nature of matter and the origin of consciousness. New Zealand Science Monthly 1999; 10(10): 13-14.
Webster CS. In search of the ultimate building blocks. New Zealand Science Monthly 1999; 10(11): 13.
Webster CS. Release 2.0 – a design for living in the digital age. New Zealand Science Monthly 2000; 11(1): 13.
Webster CS. How we became posthuman – virtual bodies in cybernetics, literature and infomatics. New Zealand Science Monthly 2000; 11(3): 13-14.
Webster CS. Research in medicine. New Zealand Science Monthly 2000; 11(4): 14.
Webster CS. Problems doctors – a conspiracy of silence. New Zealand Science Monthly 2000; 11(5): 13.
Webster CS. [Two poems]. In: Yeates P, Winter S, Yeates S, editors. Find the red. University of Canterbury, Christchurch 1991. p 26-27.Webster CS. [Three poems]. In: Dunford J, Fisher J, editors. Eels in a bucket. University of Canterbury, Christchurch 1992. p 37-39.
Webster CS, Dalrymple-Alford JC. Neural transplantation [invited feature]. New Zealand Science Monthly 1998; 9(2): 6-7.
Webster CS. The macro virus threat. New Zealand Science Monthly 1998; 9(2): 5.
Webster CS, Merry AF. Risk, failure and Mercury Energy. New Zealand Science Monthly 1998; 9(10): 10.
Webster CS, Wanigasekara-Mohotti H. Genetic algorithms – a new paradigm in computer chip design. New Electronics 1999; (22): 30-31.
Webster CS. Millennium-bug mayhem – is it just hype or the end of the world? New Zealand Science Monthly 1999; 10(7): 9-11.
Webster CS, Merry AF. A systems-based approach to safety and communication in theatre [invited feature]. ASCVP Gazette 1999; 1(3): 15-21.
Stabile M, Webster CS, Merry AF. Medication administration in anesthesia - time for a paradigm shift. APSF Newsletter 2007; 22(3): 44-47.
Webster CS. Internet fraud. New Scientist 1998; 160(2161): 62.Webster CS. Wash n dry. New Scientist 1999; 161(2169): 51.
Webster CS. Bots like us. New Scientist 1999; 161(2174): 52.
Webster CS. Technology's revenge. New Scientist 1999; 163(2199): 56.
Webster CS. Safety second. New Scientist 2000; 165(2231): 50.
Webster CS. Turing was there. New Scientist 2000; 166(2236): 50.
Webster CS. Unnatural selection. New Scientist 2000; 168(2260): web edition.
Barber F. Fatigue may be culprit in drug mistakes. New Zealand Herald 1997 Apr 2; Sect A: 18.Fatigue among anaesthetists at Green Lane Hospital. News feature, Auckland Regional Television 1997 May 7, PM.
Chamberlain J. Save our scientists. North and South 1998 Sept; (150): 88-96.
Safety in Anaesthesia. National news feature, One News – Television New Zealand 2001 Jul 21, PM.
Pamatatau R. NZ system hones accuracy in anaesthesia. New Zealand Infotech 2001 Aug 6; (501): 5.
Wright M. Injectable drug administration system comes of age. Health Research Council News 2001 Dec; (39): 8.
System aims to reduce anaesthetic errors. A Plus News 2002 March/April; 2.
Wright M. Anaesthetists react favourably to new drug administration system. Health Research Council News 2004 Dec; (46): 16.
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