APSF News & Updates
Battery Pump Failures due to Residue or Corrosion Build Up—Prevention and Vigilance Can Make a Difference
December 21, 2020
Sudden Battery Failures due to Improper Cleaning in Baxter Pumps May Lead to Interruption of Critical Medication Administration The company Baxter, in reference to its Sigma Spectrum and Sigma Spectrum…
American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Statement on Perioperative Testing for the COVID-19 Virus
December 8, 2020
Patients who are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 disease, have higher perioperative morbidity and mortality. Unexpected progression to acute respiratory distress syndrome, cardiac injury, kidney failure…
Tension Pneumothorax in the Operating Room: When Teamwork and Communication Save Patient Lives
December 7, 2020
A tension pneumothorax (TPT) occurs when air accumulates in the intrapleural cavity, leading to lung collapse, pulmonary arterial shunting, hypoxemia, and hemodynamic collapse. This case illustrates the importance of…
Preoperative COVID Testing: Examples From Around the U.S.
November 11, 2020
While statements and recommendations can provide guidance to local health systems for perioperative COVID testing, implementation decisions are governed by many factors…
The APSF Issues Preliminary Guidance on Cybersecurity Threats to U.S. Health Care Systems
November 2, 2020
▶ MedWatch Voluntary Reporting Form On October 28th the US department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the FBI, and CISA (DHS Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) jointly announced that…
APSF Announces the 2021 Investigator Initiated Research (IIR) Grant Recipients
October 9, 2020
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Investigator Initiated Research (IIR) Grants: Karen Domino, MD, MPH and May Pian-Smith, MD, MS