APSF News & Updates
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…
MH Survival without Dantrolene
August 25, 2020
Treatment of intraoperative malignant hyperthermia (MH) usually involves administration of IV dantrolene, which reduces the mortality from over 80% if untreated to less than 10%…
Reducing Risk of COVID-19 Transmission: Combining a Surgical Smoke Evacuator Plus a Plastic Drape to Increase the Effectiveness of Reducing Aerosolized and Airborne Load Produced by Intubation and Extubation
August 25, 2020
In the preceding Letter to The Editor of this publication, one of the authors communicated the concept of using an already widely available, ultra-high-efficiency-filtered operating room device…
