According to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post, communication errors between healthcare providers during handoffs in the post-anesthesia care unit can easily occur and an increase in the ...

Surgical patients overwhelmingly preferred anesthesiologists to complete surgery safety checklists in their presence, which decreased patient anxiety. News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases ...

Patients overwhelmingly agreed that anaesthesia providers should use checklists in front of them (median score 100), while anaesthesia providers were enthusiastic but less so (median score 81).

Anesthesia Business Consultants has compiled a checklist to help anesthesiologists and pain management specialists to satisfy Stage 1 of Meaningful Use using its F1RSTUse EHR management platform.

Anesthesia residents identified themselves 47 percent of the time and discussed concerns 13 percent of the time. The percentages for nurses and surgical techs were lower for both activities.

Moreover, preoperative checklists and anesthesia checklists were among 10 patient safety strategies hospitals are "strongly encouraged" to adopt, according to May research headed by RAND Corporation.

Muhimbili Hospital in Tanzania had a locally designed pre-anaesthesia checklist for caesarean sections, which included machine, drugs and airway equipment checks.

The 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia: protocol, methods and analysis of data. Anaesthesia , 2014; 69 (10): 1078 DOI: 10.1111/anae.12811 Cite ...

Accidental awareness is one of the most feared complications of general anesthesia for both patients and anesthetists. Patients report this failure of general anesthesia in approximately 1 in ...

Checklists are simple and effective tools for minimizing medical errors and bolstering patient safety. According to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post, communication errors between ...