The Successful Anesthesia Patient Safety Officer

Cohen, Jonathan; Patel, Sephalie Y.

doi:10.1213/ane.0000000000005637

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“…Recently, in an Open Mind piece, the authors proposed that anesthesia departments should designate a patient safety officer to oversee the complex issues that are involved in the safe delivery of patient care. 88 Tremendous progress has been made in the delivery of safe anesthesia, as exemplified by this 100-year review of manuscripts from A&A . Errors will still occur, but we can strive to design systems to continually reduce these risks to make anesthesia even safer by embracing a culture of safety and adopting system-based approaches to improve patient care.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patient Safety During Anesthesia: 100 Years of Progress Documented in Anesthesia & Analgesia

Liu

Larson

2022

Anesthesia &Amp; Analgesia

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Anesthesiology has evolved to be a leader in addressing patient safety. Our specialty has overcome serious morbidities including explosions, fires, organ toxicity, fatal arrhythmias, and hypoxic brain damage. Anesthesia safety has been significantly improved due to modern drug development, technical advances, and a strong leadership willing to apply human factors and systems’ research strategies, but patient safety concerns remain at the forefront as we strive to improve patient care even further. This year marks the centennial year since the publication of the first issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia. Today, the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) and Anesthesia & Analgesia continue to advance the boundaries of patient safety by disseminating practice standards, serving as a forum for novel ideas, and supporting research advancements. This review will discuss several topics published in Anesthesia & Analgesia that exemplify steady changes leading to the safe practices that we rely on currently as well as other IARS activities that have advocated and elevated patient safety within the specialty.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patient Safety During Anesthesia: 100 Years of Progress Documented in Anesthesia & Analgesia

Liu

Larson

2022

Anesthesia &Amp; Analgesia

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“…29,46,55 • Appoint a dedicated Patient Safety Officer, and provide them with protected time to engage in safety work to collect information related to adverse events and near misses within the department, and to help create system solutions for such issues when identified. 56 The process should be confidential yet transparent, and individuals should receive feedback on any events that they report. This individual should work closely with hospital safety leadership and safety committees and should encourage interdisciplinary communication, particularly when cross-disciplinary systems issues are identified.…”

Section: Department Leadersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, they should: Contextualize the hospital safety culture objectives within the specific anesthesiology department, communicate, and act as the role model for safety culture for the department 29,46,55 Appoint a dedicated Patient Safety Officer, and provide them with protected time to engage in safety work to collect information related to adverse events and near misses within the department, and to help create system solutions for such issues when identified 56 . The process should be confidential yet transparent, and individuals should receive feedback on any events that they report.…”

Section: Implementing a Safety Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Appoint a dedicated Patient Safety Officer, and provide them with protected time to engage in safety work to collect information related to adverse events and near misses within the department, and to help create system solutions for such issues when identified 56 . The process should be confidential yet transparent, and individuals should receive feedback on any events that they report.…”

Section: Implementing a Safety Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

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