Pro/Con Debate: Color-Coded Medication Labels – PRO: Color-Coded Medication Labels Improve Patient Safety
Luke S. Janik, MD; Jeffery S. Vender, MD, FCCMRelated Article: CON: Anesthesia Drugs Should NOT Be Color-Coded PRO: Color-Coded Medication Labels Improve Patient Safety In 2015, the American Society of Anesthesiologists released a statement supporting the practice of…
Important Medication Errors and Hazards Reported to the ISMP National Medication Errors Reporting Program During 2020
Ronald S. Litman, DO, ML, Medical Director, ISMPThe Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP.org) receives thousands of medication error reports through their voluntary practitioner online reporting system. By this mechanism…
Recommendations of the Four Work Groups at the 2018 APSF Stoelting Conference on Medication Safety
SUMMARY: The APSF 2018 Stoelting Conference on Medication Safety brought 150 attendees and 22 presenters together from different backgrounds and disciplines in order to discuss opportunities to reduce patient harm…
APSF Safety Recognition Award Best Practices for Safe Medication Administration during Anesthesia Care
APSF Safety Recognition Award Best Practices for Safe Medication Administration during Anesthesia Care Sponsored by the APSF Committee on Technology Deadline for Submission: June 15, 2018 The Anesthesia Patient Safety…
Medication Safety Video
Medication Safety In The Operating Room: Time For A New Paradigm APSF has produced an 18-minute long video, Medication Safety in the Operating Room: Time for a New Paradigm, which…
ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Perioperative Settings
The APSF is endorsing the Institute for safe Medication Practices (ISMP) initiative “ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for Perioperative Settings,” launching May 18, 2021. Per the ISMP: “The new self…
Intravenous Medication Administration: Smart Pumps and Other Approaches to Reduce the Potential for Harm
Presented September 5th, 2018 at APSF Stoelting Conference 2018
Intravenous Medication Administration: Potential for Harm
Presented September 5th, 2018 at APSF Stoelting Conference 2018
Factors Contributing to Medication Errors
Presented September 5th, 2018 at APSF Stoelting Conference 2018
Medication Safety and Networked Surveillance in Anesthesia
Presented September 5th, 2018 at APSF Stoelting Conference 2018
#175 Remimazolam, A New Medication on the Anesthesia Block, PART 1
#169 Endotracheal Tube Cuff Failure and Medication Safety Associated with Drug Dilution
#156 Medication Errors Related to Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Drugs
#146 A Smart Way to Keep Patients Safe from Medication Errors
#142 PONV: Updated Guidelines and Medication Options
#54 Medication Safety and Look-alike Vials
APSF Patient Safety Priorities Advisory Group – Medication Safety
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APSF Hosts Medication Safety Conference
John H. Eichhorn, MDOverview On January 26, 2010, the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) convened a consensus conference of 100 stakeholders from many different backgrounds to develop new strategies for “predictable prompt improvement”…
A Solution to Medication Error Related to the Similar Appearance of Prefilled Syringes
Cynthia Wong, BMBS; Angelique Nicolai, MD; Andrew Iskander, MDWe read with great interest the publication of the letter “Medication Error Related to Look-Alike Prefilled Syringes”, a letter which was a response to the letter previously published entitled “’No Read’ Errors Related to Prefilled Syringes”…
APSF-Sponsored 2019 ASA Panel on “Practical Approaches to Improving Medication Safety”
John W. Beard, MD, MBA; Eliot Grigg, MD; Joyce A. Wahr, MD; Elizabeth Rebello, Rph, MD, FASA, CPPSAs a follow-up to the 2018 Medication Safety Stoelting Conference, the APSF held a panel session titled “Practical Approaches to Improving Medication Safety” at the 2019 ASA Annual Meeting, in…