March 1987

From the Literature: Standards for Patient Monitoring During Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School

March 10, 1987

Editor’s note: In each APSF Newsletter, a pertinent publication from the anesthesia patient safety literature will be summarized. Suggestions for future issues are welcome. Eichhorn IH, Cooper IB, Cullen DI,...

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Anesthesia Machine Standards Enhance Safety

March 10, 1987

Part one of this article described ten technological advancements in anesthesia machine design which have significantly improved patient safety Yet, many of the machines currently in use do not contain...

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American Society of Anesthesiologists Standards for Basic Intra-Operative Monitoring

March 10, 1987

(Approved by House of Delegates on October 21, 1986) These standards apply to all anesthesia care although, in emergency circumstances, appropriate fife support measures take precedence. These standards may be...

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Outpatient Anesthesia: No Double Standard

March 10, 1987

As we in anesthesia are being removed from the safety of our traditional operating room cocoon, we should not change our obligation to our patients and to ourselves. Whenever we...

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Safety Foundation Needs Members

March 10, 1987

To our readers: While we mail more than 50,000 copies of this newsletter to those interested in anesthesia patient safety we only have about 3,000 individual memberships in the Anesthesia...

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ASA Adopts Basic Monitoring Standards

March 10, 1987

Related Article: ASA 1986 Monitoring Standards Launched New Era of Care, Improved Patient Safety With precedent-setting resolve the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ House of Delegates at the ASA annual meeting...

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December 1986

Notes

December 10, 1986

Puritan-Bennett Thanked The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the Puritan-Bennett Corporation, Overland Park, KS, which provides facilities and the staff who typeset (Ms. Jennifer Stockstill),...

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Foreign Correspondence: Anesthesia Safety at the VII AACA

December 10, 1986

The 7th Asian and Australasian Congress of Anaesthesiologists was held in Hong Kong from 20-25 September. Present were more than 400 delegates from over 20 countries. The meeting was particularly...

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Current Questions in Patient Safety – Isolated Power Systems in the OR

December 10, 1986

Question: We are in the process of designing new operating rooms at our community hospital. The architects have indicated that local building and fire codes require isolated power systems in...

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Vienna M&M Meeting Studies Safety

December 10, 1986

ICPAMM originated from a group that first met in Boston in October 1984, during the International Symposium (now Committee) on Preventable Anesthesia Mortality and Morbidity. The September ICPAMM meeting in...

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Risk Modification in Anesthesiology

December 10, 1986

Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., MD, is Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, and Associates Professor at Harvard Medical School The first reported death from Anesthesia...

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Safety Technology Shown at ASA

December 10, 1986

Many devices shown by technical exhibitors at the October, 1986 ASA Annual Meeting can enhance patient safety. An impressive array of pulse oximeters was shown, probably reflecting increased demand and...

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Monitoring Policies Adopted by Hospitals Useful in Getting Equipment

December 10, 1986

In November, 1985, the chiefs of anesthesiology of the 13 hospitals of the Capital Area Health Consortium in northern Connecticut agreed that there should be a uniform policy for oxygenation...

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Quality of Machine Service Questioned

December 10, 1986

To the Editor Thank you for the APSF Newsletter which describes the Anesthesia Apparatus Checkout Recommendations that we routinely follow. I am concerned about the “valid inspection sticker”. I believe...

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From the Literature: Epidemiology in Anesthesia

December 10, 1986

Editor’s note: In each APSFNewsletter, a pertinent publication from the anesthesia patient safety literature YAII be summa6zed. suggestions for future issues are welcome. Lunn, J.N. (ed): Epidemiology in Anesthesia. London,...

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APSF Awards First Research Grants

December 10, 1986

The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation announced the first awards of its Research Grants Program begun in 1986. The purpose of the program is to support clinical research directed toward enhancing...

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Anesthesia Claims Decrease

December 10, 1986

Number Rises More Slowly But Severity Remains High In the past, anesthesiologists were viewed as a high-risk group by professional liability insurers. The risks of using anesthesia and the frequency...

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September 1986

Notes

September 10, 1986

“SITTENDRIP,” an illustration by Leonard W Hill, M.D. that appeared in the November, 1954 ASA Newsletter revealing his impression of “an anesthesia control booth of the not too distant future,...

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From the Literature: A Survey of 112,000 Anesthetics at One Teaching Hospital

September 10, 1986

Editor’s note: In each APSFA newsletter, a pertinent publication from the anesthesia patient safety literature will be summarized. Suggestions for future issues are welcome. Cohen, M.M., Duncan, P.G., Pope, W.D.B.,...

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U. Penn Organizes to Maximize Safety

September 10, 1986

The University of Pennsylvania Department of Anesthesia has adopted a multifaceted approach to the management of anesthetic risk. Our goal is to provide the safest possible environment for anesthesia and...

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