APSF News & Updates
APSF Newsletter – June 2021
June 1, 2021
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the June 2021 APSF Newsletter.
ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Perioperative Settings
May 18, 2021
The APSF is endorsing the Institute for safe Medication Practices (ISMP) initiative “ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for Perioperative Settings,” launching May 18, 2021. Per the ISMP: “The new self…
Failure of Central Line One-Way Valves upon Pulmonary Artery Catheter Removal
March 9, 2021
Dear Rapid Response: At our institution, we routinely use pulmonary arterial catheters (PAC) to assist in the management of critically ill and complex cardiothoracic surgery patients. On two occasions over…
New Funding Cycle for Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Grants
March 8, 2021
During the 2021-2022 cycle the Committee for Scientific Evaluation (SEC) received 28 letters of intent (LOI) for investigator initiative research (33 LOIs in the previous cycle). Four were submitted by…
In Honor of Dr. Takuo Aoyagi: Pioneer of Pulse Oximetry Remembered
March 8, 2021
In the early 1970s, Takuo Aoyagi, Ph.D., an electrical engineer for the Nihon Kohden Company in Japan, discovered that pulsatile changes in oxygen saturation could be used to develop ratios…
Jeffrey Feldman, M.D., APSF Board Director and Chair of the Committee on Technology, Receives the 2021 J. S. Gravenstein Award
February 17, 2021
Jeffrey Feldman, M.D., APSF Board Director and chair of its Committee on Technology, received the 2021 J. S. Gravenstein Award from the Society of Technology in Anesthesia. This award is…