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APSF Stoelting Conference 2018

September 5, 2018 - September 6, 2018

2018 APSF Stoelting Conference Report

Recommendations Of The Four Work Groups At The 2018 APSF Stoelting Conference On Medication Safety

APSF Stoelting Conference 2018 Recap


2018 APSF Stoelting Conference

Perioperative Medication Safety: Advancing Best Practices

Co-hosts:

Mark A. Warner, M.D.

David B. Goodale, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Timothy Vanderveen, Pharm.D.

September 5-6, 2018
Royal Palms Resort and Spa
Phoenix, AZ

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2018 APSF Stoelting Conference Program [PDF]


Objectives

The APSF held a consensus conference on medication safety in 2010. The link to the summary from the APSF Newsletter for the 2010 conference is below.

https://www.apsf.org/article/successful-implementation-of-the-new-paradigm-for-medication-safety-standardization-technology-pharmacy-and-culture-stpc/

Regrettably, patients undergoing anesthesia continue to be harmed by medication errors, both intraoperatively and perioperatively. While it appears that there has been improvement in medication safety over the past two decades, the improvement has been tenuous, inconsistent, and insufficient.

The objectives of this meeting are to:

  • Understand the current extent of knowledge and gaps in understanding related to medication safety and other factors that contribute to patient harm associated with the use of medications and errors in their administration.
  • Review potential toxicities of commonly used anesthetic drugs, highlighting deficiencies/inconsistencies with currently approved FDA labeling.
  • Learn what impact periodic drug shortages may have on perioperative patient safety.
  • Discuss opportunities to reduce patient harm from perioperative medication use.
  • Craft specific recommendations that APSF and others can use to influence changes that improve perioperative medication safety and encourage the development and FDA approval of new anesthetic drugs.

Program

Introduction

Mark Warner, MD

Mark Warner, MD

Welcome, why are we here, and what are our expected outcomes?
Mark Warner, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Introduction of 2018 APSF Safety Recognition Award Recipients: Best Practices for Safe Medication Administration During Anesthesia

May Pian-Smith, MD

May Pian-Smith, MD

Why this conference’s topic really matters
May Pian-Smith, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School
Director of Quality & Safety for the Dept of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Session 1: How Safe Are our Most Commonly Used Anesthetics?

Dolores Njoku, MD

Dolores Njoku, MD

Sevoflurane and Desflurane: Hepatotoxicity
Dolores Njoku, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pathology and Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Kirk Hogan, MD, JD

Kirk Hogan, MD, JD

Nitrous Oxide: Vitamin B12 Destruction and Myeloneuropathy
Kirk Hogan, MD, JD
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI

Max Baker, PhD

Max Baker, PhD

Sulfites: Here, There, and Everywhere
Max Baker, PhD
Department of Anesthesia
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Dave Goodale

Propofol: Syndrome and Frenzy Examined
Dave Goodale, DDS, PhD
Executive Clinical Director
DBG Pharma, LLC
West Chester, PA

Jeff Feldman

Safe and Effective Use of CO2 Absorbents
Jeff Feldman, MD
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Raeford Brown

FDA and Generic Drug Labeling Updates
Raeford Brown, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
University of Kentucky Medical Center/ The Kentucky Children’s Hospital
Lexington, KY

Session 2: Drug Shortages Affecting Patient Safety

Erin Fox

Drug Shortages
Erin Fox, PharmD
University of Utah Health
Senior Director, Drug Information and Support Services
Salt Lake City, UT

Tricia Meyer

Patient Safety Implications of Drug Shortages
Tricia Meyer, PharmD, MS, FASHP, FTSHP
Regional Director of Pharmacy
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Temple
Associate Professor Anesthesiology
Texas A&M College of Medicine
Temple, Texas

Dave Goodale

New Anesthetics Ready for Rapid Development
Dave Goodale, DDS
Executive Clinical Director
DBG Pharma, LLC
West Chester, PA

Session 3: Reducing Medication and Administration Errors

A number of influential organizations have addressed important issues of medication administration and errors. One of these issues is the use of colored labels to aid in drug-type recognition during anesthesia. The following links and description will provide you with useful information regarding coloring of drug labels.

From the American Society of Anesthesiologists:
http://www.asahq.org/~/media/sites/asahq/files/public/resources/standards-guidelines/statement-on-labeling-of-pharmaceuticals-for-use-in-anesthesiology.pdf

From the Institute for Safe Medication Practices:
https://www.ismp.org/resources/color-coded-syringes-anesthesia-drugs-use-care

From the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP): ASHP is opposed to the use of colors for medications; however we are revising a policy, 9608: The use of color to identify drug products. The revision of the policy will be to support the use of colors indicated for anesthesia, and anesthesia only, given this is an accepted global standard at this point.

 

Kevin Kavanagh

Preventable Hospital Mortality
Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS
Health Watch USA
Lexington, KY

Joyce Wahr

Medication Safety and Networked Surveillance in Anesthesia
Joyce A. Wahr, MD, FAHA
Vice-Chair for Quality and Safety, Department of Anesthesiology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Julie Boytim

Factors Contributing to Medication Errors
Julie Boytim
Chief CRNA
American Anesthesiology
College Station, TX

Elizabeth Rebello

Drug Concentration Standardization
Elizabeth Rebello, MD, FASA
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Deb Pasko

The ASHP Standardize-4-Safety Project
Deb Pasko, PharmD, MHA
Director, Medication Safety & Quality
Center on Medication Safety and Quality
ASHP
Bethesda, MD

Ron Litman

ISMP Perspectives on Standardization of Labels and Vial Colors
Ronald S. Litman, DO, ML
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

David Jamison

Intravenous Medication Administration: Potential for Harm
David T. Jamison
ECRI Institute, Executive Director, Health Devices
Plymouth Meeting, PA

Session 4: Opioid-Induced Ventilatory Impairment

Frank Overdyk

Perioperative Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression Update
Frank Overdyk, MSEE, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Charleston, SC

John Murkin

Oxygen Monitoring: Brain versus Finger-Tip
John M Murkin MD, FRCPC, FCAI(hon)
Professor of Anesthesiology
University Hospital, LHSC
Schulich School of Medicine
University of Western Ontario
London, ON

Session 5: Implementation of a Comprehensive Perioperative Drug Safety Program

David Bates

Evaluation and Actions: One Institution’s Story
David W. Bates, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, MA

Eliot Grigg

A Comprehensive Approach: Seattle Children’s Hospital
Eliot Grigg, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of Washington / Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, WA

Session 6: Specific Recommendations and Next Steps

Breakout groups

Dave Goodale

Rich Prielipp

Drug Safety Group: Approaches to addressing concerns about current anesthetics? Should we advocate for the introduction of new anesthetics? How would we do it?
Dave Goodale and Rich Prielipp

Steve Greenberg

Jerry Cohen

Drug Shortage Group: Can we promote or influence actions that may decrease drug shortages or uneven distribution of perioperative medications? How would we do it?
Steve Greenberg and Jerry Cohen

Meghan Lane-Fall

Lynn Reede

Reducing Medication and Administration Errors: What role should we play? Advocacy? Support of clinical research in specific areas? Collaborating with industry to reduce the risk of errors?
Meghan Lane-Fall and Lynn Reede

Jeff Feldman

Tim Vanderveen

Standardization and Innovation: Should APSF advocate for medication standardization regarding drug concentrations, labelling, and administration approaches? If yes, how should we do it?
Jeff Feldman, Tim Vanderveen, and Patty Reilly

Mark Warner

Dave Goodale

Tim Vanderveen

Finalizing recommendations and next steps
Mark Warner, Dave Goodale, and Tim Vanderveen

Details

Start:
September 5, 2018
End:
September 6, 2018
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Venue

Royal Palms Resort and Spa
5200 E Camelback Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85018 United States
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