APSF News & Updates
A Solution to Medication Error Related to the Similar Appearance of Prefilled Syringes
July 2, 2020
We read with great interest the publication of the letter “Medication Error Related to Look-Alike Prefilled Syringes”, a letter which was a response to the letter previously published entitled “’No Read’ Errors Related to Prefilled Syringes”…
ASA-APSF Joint Statement on the Necessity of Wearing Face Masks in Public
June 30, 2020
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) strongly urge all persons over the age of 2 to cover their nose and mouth with a…
AORN, ASA, and APSF Clarification of Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) Use in the Operating Room and Other Procedural Areas in Which Sterile Fields are Present
June 30, 2020
A number of facilities in the US were misinterpreting the AORN guidelines on PAPR use and denying anesthesia professionals and other operating personnel who failed to be satisfactorily fit-tested with…
Surveillance monitoring on hospital wards – what do the results of the PRODIGY trial tell us?
June 18, 2020
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) has been the preeminent organization raising awareness of the dangers of postoperative opioid induced respiratory depression (OIRD), with its first conference on this preventable…
June 2020 APSF Newsletter
June 15, 2020
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the June 2020 APSF Newsletter.
The intubateCOVID Global Registry Describes Risk of COVID-19 Outcomes in Healthcare Workers following Tracheal Intubation of Patients with COVID-19
June 11, 2020
A global registry of healthcare workers who intubated patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 resulted in a prospective multicenter international cohort study which described a 3.1% risk of new lab-confirmed…
