The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The authors concluded that “transportation of patients breathing room air from the OR to the PACU directly after GA without use of PO or supplemental oxygen seems to be questionable in terms of patient safety.” The anesthesiologist may be supervising the transfusion of blood, platelets, or plasma.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

You supervise the rotating of the operating room table 180 degrees, so the patient’s head and airway are adjacent to the anesthesia equipment again. Throughout the time the patient is recovering in the PACU, the nurse follows medical orders you’ve written, and you’re responsible for the patient’s safety and well-being.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

In anesthesia care team models, in which a Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) is physically present in the operating room while being supervised by an attending physician anesthesiologist, the MD anesthesiologist can be summoned to return to the operating room in seconds if a problem arises.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The 2018 movie Free Solo showcases Alex Honnold as he became the first person to free solo climb the 3000-feet high El Capitan wall of granite in Yosemite National Park without ropes or safety gear. In a university hospital, a faculty member may supervise two operating rooms each with a resident anesthesiologist-in-training in attendance.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Who is responsible for your safety before, during, and after your surgery? In this model, an MD anesthesiologist supervises up to four CRNAs who work in up to four different operating rooms simultaneously. All the responsibility in the ACT model resides with the supervising MD anesthesiologist. This is an important question.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 26, 2015

Unhappy physicians and their supporters have raised concerns about whether the switch puts cost savings ahead of patient safety (nurses make less than docs). He added that the nurse anesthetists will be fully credentialed and supervised by doctors.”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2018

Miller’s Anesthesia , Chapter 7 on Human Performance and Patient Safety, 3 makes several statements pertinent to human error: “. In the Miller’s Anesthesia chapter titled Human Performance and Patient Safety, Drs. If an anesthesia care team is attending to you, how many rooms is each physician anesthesiologist supervising?

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SpecialtyCare

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Decades ago, SPD could be staffed by minimally trained workers supervised by competent nurses. Without this, high turnover leads to more errors missing, broken, or contaminated instruments and jeopardizes patient safety. According to third party research, its estimated that each SPD event costs a hospital $6,000 or more.

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SpecialtyCare

MAY 3, 2025

At SpecialtyCareUS.com, we understand that maintaining proper sterile processing services is critical to healthcare delivery and patient safety. These services ensure that all reusable medical devices are properly processed to prevent healthcare-associated infections and maintain patient safety.

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SpecialtyCare

MARCH 27, 2025

Perfusionists typically complete: A bachelor’s degree in a science-related field A specialized perfusion program (usually 1-2 years) Clinical training under supervision Certification by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion Continuing education to maintain certification What procedures require perfusion support?

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Caresyntax

DECEMBER 19, 2024

With the launch of Connected Surgery, Caresyntax introduced supervised machine learning algorithms to help surgical leaders with operational efficiency measures throughout the surgical suite: reducing turnover time, improving compliance with the surgical safety checklist, and identifying operational bottlenecks.

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Caresyntax

DECEMBER 19, 2024

With the launch of Connected Surgery, Caresyntax introduced supervised machine learning algorithms to help surgical leaders with operational efficiency measures throughout the surgical suite: reducing turnover time, improving compliance with the surgical safety checklist, and identifying operational bottlenecks.

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