Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel.  This podcast will be an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety.

On today’s episode, I talk about the APSF Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) resource center.  Here is the link and be sure to check it out.

https://www.apsf.org/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-resource-center/

Here is the disclaimer about the material presented on the APSF Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Resource Center:

Disclaimer: Viewers of this material should review the information contained within it with appropriate medical and legal counsel and make their own determinations as to relevance to their particular practice setting and compliance with state and federal laws and regulations. The APSF has used its best efforts to provide accurate information. However, this material is provided only for informational purposes and does not constitute medical or legal advice. This response also should not be construed as representing APSF endorsement or policy (unless otherwise stated), making clinical recommendations, or substituting for the judgment of a physician and consultation with independent legal counsel.

I review the registry for intubateCovid which you can submit information to here https://intubatecovid.knack.com/registry#project-details/if you have intubated a Covid-19 positive patient or a presumed positive patient. Based on information from the registry, a recent study was performed to evaluate risk for healthcare workers who intubated patients with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 that was supported by the APSF. Check out the article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15170. 

Be sure to look at your drug vials carefully when drawing up medications to administer to patients receiving anesthesia since there is a temporary shortage of the safety caps for neuromuscular blocking drugs.  Here is the link to the ISMP June 4th, 2020 Newsletter: https://www.ismp.org/acute-care/medication-safety-alert-june-4-2020. 

The FDA also released an announcement of the lack of safety warning caps on neuromuscular blocking drugs vial caps that you can check out here: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-alerts-health-care-professionals-temporary-absence-warning-statement-vial-caps-two-neuromuscular.

Check out the Perioperative Covid Testing: Examples from around the U.S. https://www.apsf.org/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-resource-center/preoperative-covid-testing-examples-from-around-the-u-s/

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