Clinical Practice Resources
Anesthesia Care of the Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Adverse Events
- AHRQ CANDOR toolkit, April 2018
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CDC released an online Patient Notification Toolkit to assist health departments and healthcare facilities with notifying patients after an infection control lapse or potential disease transmission during medical care.
Alarm Management
Bariatric Surgery
Brain Monitoring System
- Brain Monitoring System Resources
- Monitoring Consciousness: Using the Bispectral Index™ during Anesthesia - BIS Pocket Guide for Clinicians
- Perioperative Patient Monitoring: Utilizing BIS in Total Intravenous Anesthesia Procedures, Anesthesiology News, October 2013
- Case Study: Bispectral Index-guided Technique May Facilitate Smoother Emergence
Cannabis/Marijuana Resources
Checklist
Code of Ethics for the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Controlled Substances
- DEA Controlled Substance Scheduling (Login Required)
Dental Anesthesia
Difficult Airway
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Infection Prevention and Control
Integrative Health
Ketamine Infusion Therapy
Latex Allergy
Malignant Hyperthermia
Medication Errors
Monitoring
- Respiratory Function Monitoring Resources
- Anesthesiology News Post-operative Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression (POIRD)
- Introduction to Pulse Oximetry
- Capnography Waveform Tutorial and Exercise
- Principles of Capnography: Interpreting Waveforms
- Continuous Capnography and the Difficult Airway
- Capnography with Sedation Education
- Pre-hospital Capnography Education Tool Kit
- Capnography Use during Resuscitation and Rapid Response
- Emergency Care Basics: Capnography Monitoring
- Using Capnography during Non-Invasive Ventilation
- End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide: The Most Vital of Vital Signs, Anesthesiology News, October 2013
Obesity
- Airway management in the morbidly obese patient, Anesthesiology News, Aug. 2020
- Nasal ventilation mask for prevention of upper airway obstruction in patients with obesity or OSA, AANA Journal, Oct. 2019
- Considerations in treating obese patients in office-based anesthesia, Minerva Anestesiologica, Nov. 2018
- Laryngeal mask airway use in morbidly obese Patients undergoing general anesthesia, AANA Journal, April 2017
- A patient safety dilemma: Obesity in the surgical patient, AANA Journal, Dec. 2016
- Are morbidly obese patients suitable for ambulatory surgery?, Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, Feb. 2016
- AAAHC issues guidelines for obese patients, OR Manager, July 2015
- Perioperative anesthesia care For obese patients, Anesthesiology News, April 2015
- Predictive factors for difficult mask ventilation in the obese surgical population, F1000 Research, Oct. 2014
- Selection of obese patients undergoing ambulatory surgery: A systematic review of the literature, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Nov. 2013
- Patient selection in outpatient surgery, Clinics in Plastic Surgery, July 2013
- Isobaric spinal anesthesia: A suitable approach for a morbidly obese patient, AANA Journal, Oct. 2012
- Perioperative management of the severely obese patient: a selective pathophysiological review, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, July 2012
- Providing safe care for obese patients in the ASC, OR Manager, Jan. 2012
- Evidence-Based Patient Safety Advisory: Patient selection and procedures in ambulatory surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Oct. 2009
Obstetric Clinical Resources
- Under Construction - Coming Soon
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Opioid Crisis
Pain Management
Patient-Centered Care
- Joint Commission: Releases Guide to Help Hospitals Prevent Patient Falls, October 26, 2016
- ECRI: Are LGBT-Inclusive Approaches for Patients and Staff on Your Radar Screen? October 2015
- Joint Commission: Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community, April 3, 2014
Radiation
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Radiation Safety for Anesthesia Providers
AANA Journal, June 2011
Sharps Safety
Sugammadex
Surgical Fires
Technology
- The Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety and ECRI: Health IT Safe Practices Toolkit for the Safe Use of Copy and Paste
- The Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert 54: Safe use of health information technology, March 31, 2015
- ONC: How to Identify and Address Unsafe Conditions Associated with Health IT
- ECRI Institute 2017 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards
- FDA: Cybersecurity for Medical Devices and Hospital Networks
Tubing Misconnections
- ECRI Institute releases alert on preventing enteral tubing Misconnections, April 26, 2017
- Premier Safety Institute: New standards for medical tubing connectors: Are you ready? (archived webinar)
- Sentinel Event Alert 53: Managing risk during transition to new ISO tubing connector standards
- Premier Safety Institute: Tubing misconnections
- CMS surveyor memo: Luer misconnection adverse events
- Sentinel Event Alert 36: Tubing misconnections - a persistent and potentially deadly occurrence
- Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA)
- ISO 80369-3:2016: Small-bore connectors for liquids and gases in healthcare applications — Part 3: Connectors for enteral applications
Ultrasound
USP <797>
- AANA Submits Joint Comments with ASA, APSF, and AAAA on Proposed Revisions to USP <797>, November 30, 2018
- U.S. Pharmacopeia Chapter <797> and Anesthesia Practice (Login Required)
Venous Thromboembolism
Waste Anesthetic Gases
- The Anesthesia Gas Machine
- Developed and maintained by Michael P. Dosch, PhD, CRNA and Darin Tharp, MS, CRNA
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Waste Anesthetic Gases
- Anesthetic Gases: Guidelines for Workplace Exposures
- OSHA Technical Manual (OTM) Section VI: Chapter 1 Hospital Investigations: Health Hazards
- OSHA Hospital eTool focuses hazards and controls found in the hospital setting, describes standard requirements, and recommends safe work practices.
- See Surgical Suite for Waste Anesthetic Gases
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- Waste Anesthetic Gases–Occupational Hazards in Hospitals, Publication Number 2007-151, Sept 2007
- NIOSH Warns: Nitrous Oxide Continues to Threaten Health Care Workers, June 1994
- Controlling Exposures to Nitrous Oxide During Anesthetic Administration, Publication Number 94-100, 1994
- Guidelines for Protecting the Safety and Health of Health Care Workers, Publication Number 88-119, Sept 1988
- Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Waste Anesthetic Gases and Vapors, Publication No. 77-140, March 1977
Other Resources
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