Can Soda Lime Canisters Spread MRSA?
APSF Newsletter, Spring 2007
A question has come up that no one seems to be able to answer. It pertains to the possible spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the operating room. Should…
Reader Seeks Standards for Equipment Check
APSF Newsletter, Winter 2006
I am a retired member of the ASA. I am involved in Q/A in the Department of Anesthesia of Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston, NC. We have found that there…
Is an In-line Oxygen Monitor Still Necessary
APSF Newsletter, Fall 2006
I am medical director of a free-standing surgery center. One of our anesthesia machines has a non-functioning O2 sensor. We have an older Ohmeda Excel 110. Our biomedical person claims…
Line Isolation Still Important
APSF Newsletter, Summer 2006
Has there been a change in the recommended use of line isolation monitors? We had an alarm today and we were told by our engineering department to essentially ignore it,…
Channeling Causes Concern
APSF Newsletter, Spring 2006
The APSF has received a report of a hypercarbic patient condition during the use of AMSORB¨ PLUS (Armstrong Medical Limited, Northern Ireland), detected through capnography and confirmed by arterial blood…
Absorbent Wrapper Design Questioned
APSF Newsletter, Winter 2005
Editor’s Note: Although Dr. Wright may have later determined the manufacturer of the product in question, the Editors subsequently located at least 2 additional reports of circuit obstruction by unwrapped…