Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

NEWSLETTER

Volume 15, No. 1 Circulation 60,475

Spring 2000

SPECIAL ISSUE: OBA Safety

• Office-Based Anesthesia Growth Provokes Safety Fears
• OBA Questions, Problems Just Now Recognized, Being Defined
• ASA Video on Pediatric Anesthesia Safety Available for
  "Excellent" Website Viewing
• OBA Workshop Targets Huge Interest in Office Anesthesia
• Standards for Office Anesthesia Vary Widely or Do Not Exist
• Letter to the Editor: Airway Fair Promotes Patient Safety in OR
• 3 Different Organizations Can Accredit OBA Sites
• Implementing OBA Regulations a Complex, Difficult Process
• Office-Based Anesthesia Increases Potential Liability Concern
• Strategies Offered for Data Collection and Analysis to Protect Patient Safety in Office-Based Anesthesia and Surgery Settings
• Letter to the Editor: Magnet Management of AICD Modified
• Anesthesia Simulator Training, Experience, Testing; Can It Lead to Safer Office-Based Anesthesia Care?
• APSF Panel Provides Guidance to Public, Patients: "Questions to Ask Before Accepting Office-Based Anesthesia"
• Guidelines for Office-Based Anesthesia
• Letter to the Editor: Confusion of Amnesia, Analgesia, and Sedation Really a Safety Issue
• Letter to the Editor: Laser Goggles Can Lead to Drug Errors
• APSF Newsletter Book Still Available
• Letter to the Editor: Saving Syringes Seems a Set-up for Drug Error Risk
• Donors
• Credits

Current selections from the APSF Newsletter now appear in Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Editors:
J.M. Feldman, MD, J.S. Gravenstein, M.D., Coordinating Editor, I. Kalli, MD

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