APSF Newsletter, October 2015
We provide anesthesia services for a small outpatient surgery center. During the ASA/FDA recommended pre-anesthetic checkout, 3 anesthesia machines failed the “breathing system pressure leak testing.” Standard troubleshooting methods were…
APSF Newsletter, Spring-Summer 2013
Our anesthesia department recently changed to Vital Signs breathing circuits for both adult and pediatric patient populations. There was no noticeable difference between our previous supplier and the Vital Signs…
APSF Newsletter, Fall 2012
Dear SIRS: I am very curious why new machines have a flow that is below “basal metabolic needs.” Here are specifications for a number of different anesthesia machines to make…
APSF Newsletter, Fall 2011
I am being asked to consider reusable anesthesia breathing circuits with Pall filters. Searching the APSF Newsletter, I found several questions regarding this topic in the Spring 09 issue. Some…
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….