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An anesthesiologist is charged with three counts of criminal sexual conduct after two patients say he assaulted them while they were awaiting outpatient surgery.1
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When an employee is reported to be acting suspiciously around partially clothed and/or semi-conscious patients, investigate and interview the patient and/or the employee reporting the suspicious actions, as well as the employee accused, experts suggest.
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According to new practice guidelines from the American Society of Anesthesiologists, when patients are at increased perioperative risk from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the facility should have emergency difficult airway equipment, respiratory care equipment [nebulizers, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) equipment, and ventilators], radiology facilities (for portable X-rays), and clinical laboratory facilities (for blood gases and electrolytes).
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Outpatient surgery managers can get a jump on reminding staff members not to use certain abbreviations with a new toolkit available from Joint Commission Resources (JCR), an affiliate of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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At the midyear meeting, several researchers spoke about their Foundation-funded research projects. Here are preliminary details of two of them.
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SGX Pharmaceuticals has announced that Troxatyl, an investigational drug in a pivotal Phase II/III clinical trial, has been granted fast track designation by the FDA for third-line treatment of acute myeloid leukemia in adults.
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Evidence-based is one term often heard at the ASHP meeting. In one presentation, Applying the principles of evidence-based medicine to formulary decisions: Development of an innovative tool to evaluate conflicting data, pharmacists at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) described how they developed grading criteria to evaluate a body of literature, especially when it is conflicting.
