APSF Newsletter, Spring 2011
I would like to report the sudden inability to provide manual positive pressure ventilation while using a Dräger Fabius GS anesthesia machine (Dräger, Lubeck, Germany). After completion of the anesthesia…
APSF Newsletter, Summer 2010
We noticed yellowing of the desflurane in the site glass of the Dräger (D-Vapor) desflurane vaporizer some time ago. We stopped using it completely and notified our hospital Baxter representative….
APSF Newsletter, Summer 2010
Our department was recently contacted to investigate a possible issue in the Datascope AS3000 Anesthesia System (Mindray North America, Mahwah, NJ), which is one of the manufacturers of anesthesia machines…
APSF Newsletter, Spring 2010
GE has proposed “approved” changes to their default ventilator settings on our Aisys anesthesia machines which set the CO2 and/or Apnea default alarms to OFF when in the manual ventilation…
APSF Newsletter, Winter 2009
We have discovered what we believe to be a flaw in the Dräger Fabius Tiro® anesthetic machines, which we use in our same day surgery operating rooms. We have observed…
APSF Newsletter, Summer 2009
A free-standing ASC where I work has recently begun using the Datascope AS 3000 gas machines. I am concerned about the gas flow controls. I am concerned that when one…