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= Robert Hackett (Anesthetist) = Robert Hacket is an anesthetist specialising in anaesthesia for bariatric, ENT, ophthalmic, renal transplant, complex gastrointestinal and paediatric surgery. He also focuses on training and quality assurance and in this role became known for his push for medical staff to write their name and occupation on surgical caps (#TheatreCapChallenge ).

Education and Career
Hackett obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) from Sheffield University in 1997. He specialises in anaesthesia and became a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA) in 2007.

He is affiliated with the Royal Prince Alfred, Strathfield Private and Mater Hospitals in Sydney and the Macquarie Anaesthetic Group clinic.

The PatientSafe Network
Hackett is the main host of The Patientsafe Network a registered not for profit charity.Although developed by front line healthcare staff, it encourages anyone to use its methods and information including patients, relatives, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, healthcare managers, equipment and system developers, insurers, anyone who wants to improve patient safety. The approach involves and understanding of human factors and human error and aims to "improve patient safety through the transparent review of medical mistakes and the generation of transparent networked projects".

Among the projects the network supports is a movement encouraging surgical staff wear their names on their caps which reduces the risk of confusion of staff and improves patient safety as well as reassuring patients about who is caring for them.