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Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme: failsafe procedures

This document sets out the failsafe processes to follow if a problem occurs in an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 August 2011
• Last updated: 18 December 2019 — See all updates

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Failsafe processes minimise risks of anything going wrong in the screening pathway.

This document explains the failsafe processes for the NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme.

Published 1 August 2011

Last updated 18 December 2019 + show all updates

1. 18 December 2019

   Updated failsafe procedures.

2. 25 September 2015

   Updated failsafe processes to version 2.1.

3. 1 August 2011

   First published.