APSF News & Updates
ISMP Alert: Isoflurane Labeled “For Animal Use Only” in Cartons of Isoflurane Intended for Human Use
January 9, 2023
ISMP has received reports from several healthcare institutions that recently received cardboard cases labeled “Isoflurane USP 100 mL” by Piramal Critical Care (NDC 66794-017-10) that actually contained bottles of Isoflurane, USP 100 mL labeled “for animal use only”…
ASA and APSF Updated Statement on Perioperative Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in the Asymptomatic Patient
December 21, 2022
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) continue to review available data and updated information concerning the transmissibility and risk of SARS-CoV-2 in the…
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Global Warming—Blame Anesthesia?
November 21, 2022
The environmental impacts of greenhouse gases (GHG) are well known and include planetary warming causing rising sea levels and extreme weather events. Morbidity and mortality are associated with the resulting…
Kuster Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths
November 9, 2022
Today, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Tom Emmer (R-MN) introduced the Inpatient Opioid Safety Act of 2021, legislation to improve patient safety, simplify care, and reduce preventable opioid-induced injury and death under the Medicare and Medicaid programs…
Technology and Low-Flow Anesthesia Practice
October 20, 2022
Technology is integral to the practice of Low-Flow Anesthesia. The most astute practitioner, well-schooled in the scientific foundations of uptake and distribution as well as the intricacies of the circle system, cannot anesthetize a single…
Is Rebreathing Prevented when FGF Equals MV?
October 20, 2022
One of the barriers to reducing fresh gas flow and the pollution from inhalation anesthetics are those clinical situations where a rapid change in anesthetic concentration is desired. The most rapid change in concentration is achieved when…