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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-and-human-performance-operating-room-and-other-extreme-environments
December 02, 2020 - Anesthesia is a vital component of surgical care that can be compromised due to human and equipment … II , safety culture implementation, and artificial intelligence applications as they affect safe anesthesia … , 2024
Technology, Education and Safety
November 15, 2023
Anesthesia … See More About The Topic
Outpatient Surgery
Operating Room
Anesthesiology
Surgery
Anesthesia
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50623/psn-pdf
November 06, 2019 - Adverse Events in Anesthesia: An Integrative Review. … Adverse Events in Anesthesia: An Integrative Review. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-anesthesia-integrative-review
This integrative review examined … the factors contributing to perioperative adverse events resulting from
anesthesia. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-anesthesia-integrative-review
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-22-month-multistep-implementation-program-speaking-behavior-academic-anesthesia
January 11, 2023 - The impact of a 22-month multistep implementation program on speaking-up behavior in an academic anesthesia … The impact of a 22-month multistep implementation program on speaking-up behavior in an academic anesthesia … The impact of a 22-month multistep implementation program on speaking-up behavior in an academic anesthesia … November 13, 2024
Peer support and second victim programs for anesthesia professionals … January 26, 2022
Safety and Quality in Perioperative Anesthesia Care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34815/psn-pdf
January 31, 2011 - The role of anesthesia in surgical mortality.
January 31, 2011
DRIPPS RD, LAMONT A, ECKENHOFF JE. … The role of anesthesia in surgical mortality. JAMA.
1961;178:261-6. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-anesthesia-surgical-mortality
The authors of this study characterized … receiving anesthesia during a 10-year period. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-anesthesia-surgical-mortality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/apsf-20-year-anniversary-first-patient-safety-organization-past-present-future
October 26, 2022 - The author recounts the launch of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) as the first patient … safety-focused organization and describes its continued commitment to safer anesthesia care. … 2023
APSF endorsed statement on revising recommendations for patient monitoring during anesthesia … January 2, 2011
Medication administration in anesthesia: time for a paradigm shift.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/toledo-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - As components of the anesthesia record could not be extracted from the
electronic medical record and … The
anesthesia record was not available for 12 patients with nerve injuries, so complete data
on … Anesthesia Patient Safety Newsletter 2021; 36 (2). … A Century of Progress and Collaboration Between Obstetric
Anesthesiologists, Anesthesia & Analgesia … , and the International Anesthesia Research
Society.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/tool-safe-csection.html
July 01, 2023 - or care teams within a unit, for example transfers between L&D room and OR, and between OR and post-anesthesia … The L&D/OR/neonatal/anesthesia teams maintain a shared mental model for the safe surgery perioperative … provider confirms:
___ Type of anesthesia used
(Spinal / Epidural / Combined / General) … provider confirms:
___ Type of anesthesia used
(Spinal / Epidural / Combined / General) … provider confirms:
Type of anesthesia used:
___ Spinal
___ Epidural
___ Combined
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49719/psn-pdf
September 01, 2014 - Second, the automated anesthesia
record in the OR shows "blank" if there are no new NIBP recordings. … The anesthesia record was manual, and the CRNA kept
documenting the same reading for a whole hour. … The risk and safety of anesthesia at remote locations: the US closed
claims analysis. … Risk and safety of anesthesia outside the
operating room. Minerva Anestesiol. 2009;75:345-348. … Preventable anesthesia mishaps: a study of human
factors. Anesthesiology. 1978;49:399-406.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-anesthesiologist-perioperative-patient-safety
November 20, 2015 - This review summarizes the evidence for strategies to enhance the safety of anesthesia in perioperative … November 20, 2015
An anesthesia preinduction checklist to improve information exchange … , knowledge of critical information, perception of safety, and possibly perception of teamwork in anesthesia … March 30, 2022
Systematic review of intraoperative anesthesia handoffs and handoff tools … December 19, 2014
Improving the quality and safety of patient care in cardiac anesthesia
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/preventing-perioperative-medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events-through-use/citation/ocular
January 01, 2023 - Ocular anesthesia-related closed claims from Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company 2008-2018. … Ocular anesthesia-related closed claims from Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company 2008-2018.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-120-section-3c-tables-2-5.pdf
June 02, 2025 - referral
center
P-value
Facility Type
Community hospital 61 (58.7%) 207 (91.6%) <0.001
Anesthesia … high-risk
referral center
P-value
Night-time and weekend staffing
In-house anesthesiologist or anesthesia … team dedicated to L&D
61 (60.4%) 57 (26.3%) <0.001
In-house anesthesiologist or anesthesia
team … Low risk,
≥1500 births
per year
Low risk,
<1500 births
per year
P-
value
Recommended
anesthesia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0121-tables-2-5.pdf
June 02, 2025 - high-risk referral
center
P-value
Facility Type
Community hospital 61 (58.7%) 207 (91.6%) <0.001
Anesthesia … high-risk
referral center
P-value
Night-time and weekend staffing
In-house anesthesiologist or anesthesia … team dedicated to L&D
61 (60.4%) 57 (26.3%) <0.001
In-house anesthesiologist or anesthesia
team … year
Low risk,
≥1500 births
per year
Low risk,
<1500 births
per year
P-
value
Recommended
anesthesia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0122-tables2-5.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Facility Type
Annual Delivery volume*
Community hospital 61 (58.7%) 207 (91.6%) <0.001
Anesthesia … high-risk
referral center
P-value
Night-time and weekend staffing
In-house anesthesiologist or anesthesia … team dedicated to L&D
61 (60.4%) 57 (26.3%) <0.001
In-house anesthesiologist or anesthesia
team … Low risk,
≥1500 births
per year
Low risk,
<1500 births
per year
P-
value
Recommended
anesthesia
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/862989/psn-pdf
February 21, 2024 - Peer support and second victim programs for anesthesia
professionals involved in stressful or traumatic … Peer support and second victim programs for anesthesia professionals involved in
stressful or traumatic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/peer-support-and-second-victim-programs-anesthesia-professionals-involved … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/peer-support-and-second-victim-programs-anesthesia-professionals-involved-stressful-or … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/peer-support-and-second-victim-programs-anesthesia-professionals-involved-stressful-or
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapm.html
April 01, 2018 -
Y
Y
1
intra-op drugs on paper anesthesia record
D
Electronic
1
Y
Y … on paper anesthesia record
M
Manual
not reliably
Temperature on Arrival to PACU … on paper anesthesia record
M
Electronic
not reliably
Peri-Op Glucose <100
Y … intra-op drugs on paper anesthesia record
D
Manual
0
Outpatient Surgery
Y … on paper anesthesia record
M
Electronic
?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/unintentional-ketamine-overdose-operating-room-mixing-ampules
March 25, 2020 - At the conclusion of the surgical case, the patient had delayed emergence from anesthesia. … Medication errors in anesthesia: unacceptable or unavoidable?. … Anesthesia Safety Foundation Newsletter. June 2018. … Ketamine: Use in anesthesia. CNS Neurosci Ther 2013;19(6):381-89.
Rendell-Baker L. … Anesthesia Safety Foundation Newsletter 1987;2(4)
This project was funded under contract
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/handoff-communication
October 16, 2019 - This special issue focuses on transfers involving anesthesia care . … 2019
APSF endorsed statement on revising recommendations for patient monitoring during anesthesia … March 11, 2020
Association between handover of anesthesia care and adverse postoperative … January 16, 2019
Intraoperative handoffs among anesthesia providers increase the incidence
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47284/psn-pdf
December 05, 2018 - Preventable anesthesia-related adverse events at a large
tertiary care center: a nine-year retrospective … Preventable Anesthesia-Related Adverse Events at a Large
Tertiary Care Center: A Nine-Year Retrospective … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-anesthesia-related-adverse-events-large-tertiary-care-center-nine … Researchers examined 747 adverse anesthesia events at a single
institution and found that 43% were preventable … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/anesthesia-patient-safety-foundation
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-anesthesia-mishaps-study-human-factors
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44069/psn-pdf
October 08, 2016 - An anesthesia preinduction checklist to improve
information exchange, knowledge of critical information … ,
perception of safety, and possibly perception of
teamwork in anesthesia teams. … An Anesthesia Preinduction Checklist to Improve Information
Exchange, Knowledge of Critical Information … , Perception of Safety, and Possibly Perception of Teamwork
in Anesthesia Teams. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/anesthesia-preinduction-checklist-improve-information-exchange-knowledge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73507/psn-pdf
July 21, 2021 - Systematic review of intraoperative anesthesia handoffs
and handoff tools. … Systematic review of intraoperative anesthesia handoffs and
handoff tools. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-intraoperative-anesthesia-handoffs-and-handoff-tools … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-intraoperative-anesthesia-handoffs-and-handoff-tools
https … association-intraoperative-anaesthesia-handovers-patient-morbidity-and-mortality-systematic
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intraoperative-patient-information-handover-between-anesthesia-providers