News & Updates

Veterans Affairs (VA) and APSF Collaborate to Develop Online Defibrillator Simulator

July 26, 2024

The Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) are excited to announce their collaboration on a groundbreaking defibrillator simulator for anesthesia professionals.

Hikma’s overwrap labeled acetaminophen injection 1,000 mg/100 mL may contain an infusion bag labeled dexmedeTOMidine 400 mcg/100 mL.

ISMP Alert: Manufacturer’s dexmedeTOMIDine premixed IV bags may be packaged within an overwrap labeled as acetaminophen

July 11, 2024

A Hikma product with an overwrap labeled acetaminophen injection 1,000 mg/100 mL (NDC 0143-9386-01, lot number 24070381, expiration date 09/2025) (Figure 1), may contain a dexmedeTOMIDine 400 mcg/100 mL infusion bag (lot number 24070461, expiration date 03/2026) with…

Articles Between Issues

Can We Apply the Lessons We Have Learned (or not) From Our Recent Pandemic to Mass Casualty Readiness?

June 24, 2024

Anesthesia professionals are uniquely poised in handling challenging scenarios, while also triaging rapidly evolving conditions based on our training. Adaptation and resilience are instinctive, and moreover…

APSF Newsletter – June 2024

June 1, 2024

The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the June 2024 APSF Newsletter.

APSF Trainee Quality Improvement Awards – Deadline Extension to June 30, 2024!

June 1, 2024

Trainees are invited to participate in the relaunched 2024 APSF Trainee Quality Improvement (TQI) Recognition Program. The deadline for submissions has been extended to June 30, 2024.

Articles Between Issues

The Underappreciated Dangers of the Prone Position

April 30, 2024

The act of positioning patients into a prone state is a routine event in operating rooms and procedural suites. Despite being common practice, physiologic changes and related injuries that accompany prone positioning are…

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