APSF News & Updates
APSF and FAER Announce the 2021 Co-Sponsored Mentored Research Training Grant
September 10, 2020
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) and Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER), related organizations of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), join to provide a third year of…
Inability to retract guidewire from catheter during lumbar CSF drain placement for TEVAR surgery
September 9, 2020
Ischemic spinal cord injury is a significant complication of thoracic aortic aneurysm repair, presenting as transient or permanent paresis or paralysis…
National Alert Network: Tranexamic Acid – Local Anesthetic Administration Errors Resulting in Seizures & Prevention Recommendations
September 9, 2020
The National Alert Network (NAN) describes three cases of accidental administration of intrathecal tranexamic acid instead of local anesthetics, resulting in seizures. The top caps of vials for tranexamic acid…
Anesthesia Emergencies in Hybrid Operating Rooms: Multidisciplinary Crisis Resource Management
September 8, 2020
Non-operating room anesthesia (NORA) procedures are increasing in frequency and complexity. Anesthesia induction and emergence in particular are often challenging…
Designing a Program for Infection Prevention in the Anesthesia Work Environment
September 3, 2020
Intraoperative bacterial and viral contamination of the anesthesia work environment (AWE) has been directly linked to 30-day postoperative infections. Proven sites of contamination include…
ISMP Supports NRFit Initiative to Reduce Neuraxial Catheter Misconnections
September 1, 2020
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recently wrote an article introducing and supporting the international movement called NRFit, aimed at preventing epidural or intrathecal catheter injections of medications meant…
