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ASA Monitor Articles from the CPSE

The Committee on Patient Safety and Education (CPSE) has written multiple articles on various patient safety topics for the ASA Monitor.

2020

The Surgical Patient at Risk for Opioid-Induced Ventilatory Impairment

What can the ERAS programs teach us about opioid usage?

New persistent opioid use after surgery

Anesthesiology and Pharmacy: A Road Towards Safety

The Challenges of the Opioid Tolerant Patient: Pathophysiology and Mechanisms for Reversal

2018

The Next Training Frontier: Improving Patient Safety Research Skills

Behaviors That Undermine a Culture of Safety: Let’s Pay Attention

Lost in Translation: Linking Safety and Value to Better Physician-Patient Communication

Concurrent Surgery: NO! Overlapping Surgery: No Harm, No Foul?

Silent Epidemic: Protecting Health Care Providers From Violence in the Workplace

Sugammadex: A New Reversal Drug with the Same Risk—A Continued Need for Neuromuscular Blockade Monitoring

Sweeping It Under the Rug: Why Medication Safety Efforts Have Failed to Improve Care and Reduce Patient Harm

2017

Improving Patient-centered Care Delivery in 2017: Introducing Pre-Anesthesia Decision Aids

Culture of Safety—Building It into Department DNA

A Tale of Two Anesthesia Departments: What’s Culture Got to Do with It?

The Higher the Peak Troponin, the Quicker the March Toward Death: Could This Be True?

6 Myths Regarding the Prescription Opioid Crisis: Is This a Patient Safety Issue for Physician Anesthesiologists?

Mivacurium: Return of a Drug Seeking an Indication?

2016

Busting Burnout: Healthy Anesthesiologists Make Safer Patients

Predicting Patient Safety: Myth, Math and Mystery

Crisis in Remote Areas Is Not a Remote Problem: In-situ Crisis Management Training for Procedures Outside the O.R

Time for a Patient Safety Officer

Helsinki Declaration 2016: Global Patient Safety

The Perioperative Surgical Home: Have Health Care Literacy, Family Education and Patient Empowerment Been Lost in the Shuffle of Streamlined Care?

How Market Forces Can Affect Patient Safety: The Unintended Consequences of Capitalism in the Generic Drug Market

2015

Patient-Centered Care: Improving Patient Safety in Anesthesia Through Patient Engagement

O.R. Efficiency and Patient Safety: Are They Inversely Related?

Examining Trends and Outcomes in Ambulatory Surgery: Looking Into the Future

Emotional Intelligence: Critical for Patient Safety and Professional Success

The Conundrum of Care in Perioperative Stress Myocardial Ischemia, the Importance of 30-Day Outcomes and the Perioperative Surgical Home

Multitasking, Distraction and Cognitive Aids

2014

Situational Awareness, Multitasking and Distraction in the O.R.

Ambulatory Surgery and Anesthesia: Creating a Culture of Safety in a Cost-Effective, Quality-Conscious Environment

Cognitive Aids: Trending, Transformative or Just Too Much?

Checklists: Make Them Part of Your Emergency Plan

Physician Fatigue

Anesthesia Handovers: Why Are They So Complicated?

 

Curated by: ASA Committee on Patient Safety and Education

Date of last update: June 12, 2020