APSF Newsletter Index to Volume 12, 1997

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)

APSF president addresses open letter to AANA president

2

American Medical Association (AMA)

Establishes National Patient Safety Foundation

9

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

APSF booth at ASA

17

APSF booth at ASA features safety videotapes

33

Meeting features patient safety issues

25

Patient safety continues as significant theme at meeting (Eichhorn)

30

Safety in remote locations is newest ASA videotape

30

Safety to be featured at ASA meeting (Eichhorn)

17

Analgesia

And sedation poster gets second printing

9

Anesthesia Patient Safety, A Modern History: Selections from the APSF Newsletter

Book is now available

3,16,20,38

Book reviewed (Gilbert)

37

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF)

Awards three research grants for 1998 (Cooper)

25

APSF booth at ASA

17

APSF recognizes cooperation with Glaxo-Wellcome

15

APSF-sponsored research probes resident attitudes toward safety

17

Attitudes toward production pressure and safety (Healzer et al)

19

Booth at ASA features safety videotapes

33

Burton Dole presented Distinguished Achievement Award

8,32

Clipboard sold out

19

Editorial: the state of the APSF (Pierce)

26

Leadership changes (Eichhorn)

25

New research grant applications for 1998 sought

1

New research grant applications for 1999 sought

29

Newsletter book now available

3,16,20

Newsletter book reviewed (Gilbert)

37

Puritan-Bennett,Hewlett-Packard, Dr. Gibson thanked

26

Anesthesiology, Practice of

Automated anesthesia records not given fair hearing (Johnstone)

6

Do practitioner credentials help predict safety? (Arens)

6

Asthma

Silent obstruction is unrecognized problem (Watts, Sullivan)

31

Automated Anesthesia Records

Not given fair hearing (Johnstone)

6

Dole, Burton

Presented APSF Distinguished Achievement Award

8,32

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Can reuse of single-use equipment be safe? (Leagre)

10

Debate on reuse of disposable equipment fueled by FDA

9

Expert weighs factors on reuse of disposables (Berry)

11

Glaxo-Wellcome

APSF recognizes cooperation with foundation

15

Index

to Volume 11, 1996, of APSF Newsletter

7

Letters to the Editor

An historical eulogy for spinal lidocaine (Ebner)

37

Beware St.John’s Wort, potential herbal danger (Ciordia)

28

Can reuse of single-use equipment be safe? (Leagre)

10

CRNA details experience with contaminated sevoflurane (Collins)

12

CRNAs decry implications in office-safety standards article (Crow)

1

Expert weighs factors on reuse of disposables (Berry)

11

Maker follows up on Sevoflurane problem (Callan)

1

NJ CRNAs respond to article (Burgoyne, Golden)

1

Pros and cons of reusing disposables (Weenig)

34

Real danger in reusing disposables (Linder)

35

Spinal lidocaine toxicity debate continues (Weenig)

37

National Patient Safety Foundation

Established by AMA

9

New Jersey Regulations

APSF president addresses open letter to AANA president

2

CRNAs decry implications in office-safety standards article

1

NJ CRNAs respond to article

1

Reporting of anesthesia-related incidents in NJ (Andrews)

13

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Additional safety issues for sleep apnea cases (Daley et al.)

33

And ambulatory surgery (Eshleman)

32

Anesthesia safety always an issue (Ogan, Plevak)

14

Office-Safety Standards

APSF president addresses open letter to AANA president

2

CRNAs decry implications in office-safety standards article

1

Reporting of anesthesia-related incidents in NJ (Andrews)

13

Patient Safety

Additional safety issues for sleep apnea cases (Daley et al)

33

Always an issue with obstructive sleep apnea (Ogan, Plevak)

14

APSF-sponsored research probes resident attitudes

17

ASA meeting features patient safety issues

25

Attitudes toward production pressure and safety (Healzer et al.)

19

Beware St. John’s Wort, potential herbal danger (Ciordia)

28

Can reuse of single-use equipment be safe? (Leagre)

10

Continues as significant theme in ASA exhibits (Eichhorn)

30

CRNA details experience with contaminated sevoflurane (Collins)

12

Debate on reuse of disposables fueled by FDA (Gibson)

9

Debate: The pulmonary artery catheter, is it safe?

4

Do practitioner credentials help predict safety? (Arens)

6

ECRI expert reviews reuse of single-use medical devices (Solomon)

35

Expert weighs factors on reuse of disposables (Berry)

11

In remote locations is newest ASA videotape

30

Maker follows up on Sevoflurane problem (Callan)

1

More on office safety regs article (Burgoyne, Golden)

1

National Patient Safety Foundation established by AMA

9

Obstructive sleep apnea and ambulatory surgery (Eshleman)

32

Patient Safety in Anesthesia Practice, A review (Gilbert)

37

Pros and cons of reusing disposables (Weenig)

34

Real danger in reusing disposables (Linder)

35

Reporting of anesthesia-related incidents in NJ (Andrews)

13

Sedation and analgesia poster gets second printing

9

Silent obstruction in asthma unrecognized problem (Watts, Sullivan)

31

Spinal lidocaine: a continuing enigma (deJong)

17

Spinal lidocaine toxicity debate continues (Weenig)

37

To be featured at ASA meeting (Eichhorn)

17

U.K. group issues more safety guidelines

16

Ellison Pierce, Jr., M.D.

Editorial: the state of the APSF (Pierce)

26

Named new APSF Executive Director (Eichhorn)

25

Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC)

Debate: Is it Safe?

4

Pro: A Moratorium on PAC is unjustified (Tuman)

4

Con: Swan song for the Swan-Ganz? (Prielipp, Morell)

4

Puritan-Bennett Corporation

Burton Dole presented APSF Distinguished Achievement Award

8

Puritan-Bennett, Hewlett-Packard, Dr. Gibson thanked

26

Research

APSF awards three grants for 1998 (Cooper)

25

New research grant applications for 1999 sought by APSF

29

Reuse of Disposable Equipment

ECRI expert reviews reuse of single-use medical devices (Solomon)

35

Expert weighs factors on reuse of disposables (Berry)

11

Pros and cons of reusing disposables (Weenig)

34

Real danger in reusing disposables (Linder)

35

Roche Laboratories

Sedation and analgesia poster gets second printing

9

Sevoflurane

CRNA details experience with contaminated sevoflurane (Collins)

12

Maker follows up on problem

1

Silent Obstruction in Asthma

Is unrecognized problem (Watts and Sullivan)

31

Spinal Lidocaine

A continuing enigma (deJong)

16

An historical eulogy for spinal lidocaine (Ebner)

37

Toxicity debate continues (Weenig)

37

Robert K. Stoelting, M.D.

Elected president of APSF (Eichhorn)

25

St. John’s Wort

Beware potential herbal danger (Ciordia)

28

The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Group issues more safety guidelines

16

Videotapes

Anesthesia safety in remote locations newest ASA videotape

30

APSF booth at ASA feataures safety videotapes

33