Circulation 60,475 • Volume 15, No. 1 • Spring 2000
This issue of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Newsletter is devoted to Office-Based Anesthesia (OBA), which has rapidly become the fastest growing venue for the delivery of anesthesia outside…
As we move into the 21st century, anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists will increase their participation in and experience with office-based anesthesia (OBA). To insure patient safety in the setting of…
Office-based anesthesia (OBA) has established itself as a new and growing practice in the United States. In order to gain an understanding of the issues and problems associated with OBA,…
The office anesthesia environment poses challenges to the vast majority of anesthesiologists whose practice experience has been established primarily in hospital-based operating rooms. It must be continuously emphasized that the…
Office-Based Anesthesia Accreditation Varies; Most Sites Have None At All JCAHO (the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations), AAAHC (the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care), and AAAASF (the…
New Jersey Example Illustrates What It Can Take to Make Office Anesthesia Safer Much to the surprise of many, as of February 2000, regulations for office-based anesthesia (OBA) have failed…
As the delivery of health care services continues its transition more and more to the out-patient venue, it is logical that the number of surgical procedures done in the that…
As in all scientific and technical human endeavors, the best strategies to deal with a problem are based on firm knowledge of the magnitude and characteristics of that problem. Hence,…
Examples of disasters striking patients undergoing office-based anesthesia (OBA) are cited throughout this special issue of the APSF Newsletter. In general, whether in the hospital or in the OBA setting,…
President of APSF For the Panel* Patients may erroneously assume that surgery and anesthesia performed in the physician’s office will be “identical” to that in the traditional hospital operating room…
Guidelines for Office-Based Anesthesia (Approved by the House of Delegates, October 13, 1999) These guidelines are intended to assist ASA members who are considering the practice of ambulatory anesthesia in…
To the Editor Attendees returning from the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Annual Meeting in Dallas to Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) carried a plethora of literature and experiences with new…
To the Editor I write in response to a letter published in the Spring 1998 APSF Newsletter titled, “ICPDs Require Preop Care”. I am a Technical Consultant at Guidant Cardiac…
General Question Has OBA Impact To the Editor I address the controversy surrounding the use of conscious IV sedation. The discussions continue to examine the qualifications of those prescribing and…
To the Editor I have been a CRNA for 25 years. I recently had an occurrence that I would like to share with my fellow anesthesia providers because it stresses…
To the Editor Regarding the article on the sterility of IV medications drawn up into syringes (APSF Newsletter, Summer 1999), I must comment. From a patient safety standpoint, sterility is…
"Safety in Pediatric Anesthesia" is the most recent ASA Patient Safety Videotape. It will not be distributed in the manner prior tapes have been. However, the tape is available anytime…
The soft-cover book Anesthesia Patient Safety, A Modern History: Selections from the APSF Newsletter is still available from the APSF. The title might be misleading since some of the "history"…
Corporate Donors Founding Patron ($400,000) American Society of Anesthesiologists Grand Patrons ($15,000 and up) Abbott Laboratories Agilent Technologies Aspect Medical Systems AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Baxter Pharmaceutical Products Inc. Datex-Ohmeda…
Current selections from the APSF Newsletter now appear in Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
J.M. Feldman, MD, J.S. Gravenstein, M.D., Coordinating Editor, I. Kalli, MD
