Circulation 60,475 • Volume 15, No. 4 • Winter 2000
Patient safety issues and related equipment designed to address them again were found throughout the Exhibit Hall, among both the Scientific and Technical Exhibits at the 2000 ASA Annual Meeting…
Patient safety occupied its usual position of prominence in the Scientific Papers Sessions presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting in San Francisco in October when 76 presentations…
TThe Quality Interagency Coordination (QuIC) Task Force, led by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), convened a “Summit” meeting to hear testimony for developing a national agenda for…
Three research grant applicants were selected for 2001 funding by the APSF Committee on Scientific Evaluation (committee members are listed on Page 63). Topics for the impending patient safety research…
An Overview As the opening of a significant policy initiative, the APSF Board of Directors prior to its Annual Meeting in October, 2000, held a retreat to consider thoroughly the…
This APSF program is dedicated to consideration of automated record keeping for perioperative care. This is not a new issue, but maturation of the technology and forces in the arena…
A voice-activated “heads up” 3-D audio and video display for the anesthesiologist of the future will provide all monitoring data and other patient-care information. I have been asked to provide…
In our perioperative run through, the first thing in our process is usually preanesthesia evaluation. In too many departments today, preanesthesia is considered to be the grunt work. We anesthesiologists…
For over a decade, I’ve been looking for something that is elusive and much more difficult to actually achieve. What I’m looking for is a new way for us to…
A key element in improving patient safety is the ability to analyze outcomes and understand the type and frequency of events that contribute to or cause undesired outcomes. Today, the…
In a graphic that appeared in the Chicago Tribune a little while ago, there was a series of articles that focused the public’s attention on all of the disasters that…
Pump safety is central to ALARIS, the company formed from the merger of IVAC and IMED, two founders and consistent innovators in IV drug infusion, and I will offer an…
The first step in any research effort is identification of the specific problem that will be investigated. This step is critical because the research question controls the direction of the…
Data analysis occurs within the framework of a specific project or undertaking, so for purposes of this discussion we will consider data analysis within the context of an audacious proposal:…
In My Opinion (Re-rebuttal) I write to respond to two critiques of an article I wrote in the last APSF Newsletter, warning practitioners about the patient deaths that have occurred…
As President of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) it is my privilege to report annually on the activities of he APSF during the calendar year. In that regard, I…
To the Editor The suggestions in the letter (Summer 2000 APSF Newsletter) from Dr. Mychaskiw regarding mandatory safety reporting for anesthesia in a manner similar to that in the airline…
To the Editor In response to the letter “Broken Epidural Catheter Provokes Investigation, Algorithm Application” (APSF Newsletter, Fall 2000), I would like to report a similar instance of catheter separation…
To the Editor A letter in the Fall 2000 APSF Newsletter by Dr. William Mazzei purports to report on a new prone positioner felt to be superior to currently available…
To the Editor I read with disappointment your Spring 2000 Newsletter featuring Office-Based Anesthesia Safety as a Ôspecial issue.’ Had the ASA not recognized SOBA, the Society for Office-Based Anesthesia…
To the Editor Concerning motives for the dramatic increase in office surgery, let us recall that ambulatory surgery centers were also originally developed for economic reasons and were opposed by…
To the Editor It was not until 1999 that the UK government took the decision to ban general anaesthesia in the dental surgery. It seems ironic that it took UK…
To the Editor I would like to respond to Dr. Balaklaw’s letter about “a little sedation.” I certainly agree that the term is misleading and is in fact often referring…
The APSF Newsletter again owes great thanks to those who made production and distribution of this publication possible in 2000. At AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP in Wilmington, Delaware, administrative coordination and…
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation announces the deadline of June 18, 2001, for receipt of applications for research grants to start January 1, 2002. Note: grants are limited to the…
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 Glaxo…
Executive Committee Robert K. Stoelting, MD APSF President Indiana University Indianapolis, IN Burton A. Dole, Jr. APSF Vice-President Pauma Valley, CA David M. Gaba, MD APSF Secretary Stanford University Palo…
Dr. Joan Christie (center) organized the APSF booth and distributed copies of the APSF Newsletter and other patient safety information to booth visitors.
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
