Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation NEWSLETTER Volume 16, No. 2 Circulation 36,475
	Fall 2001

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Patient Safety A Key ASA Meeting Theme Closed Claims Project Shows Safety Evolution Special Article: How Many Medical Error Deaths Are There Really? Cardiac Arrests During Spinal Anesthesia The ICU Corner: Safety Practices Target ICU Patients "Operation a Success... But the Wrong Organ Was Removed" Sedation by Non-Anesthesia Personnel Provokes Safety Concerns; Anesthesiologists Must Balance JCAHO Standards, Politics, & Safety JCAHO Revises Standards to Help Reduce Medical Errors Donors

New to APSF BOD The following new members are welcomed to the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Board of Directors: James E. Carne, Baxter Healthcare Corp., Round Lake, IL Nassib G. Chamoun, PhD, Aspect Medical Systems, Inc., Newton, MA Terri Monk, MD, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL Denise O'Brien, BSN, (American Society of PostAnesthesia Nurses), Ypsilanti, MI Robert Wise, MD, JCAHO, Oakbrook Terrace, IL