An iterative process of global quality improvement: The International Standards for a Safe Practice of Anesthesia 2010

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1021-1026

  Merry, Alan F ^e   Cooper, Jeffrey B ^a,e   Soyannwo, Olaitan ^b,e   Wilson, Iain H ^c,e   Eichhorn, John H ^d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78549291695     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-010-9380-7     Document Type: Review

References (22)

1. World Alliance for Patient Safety (2007) Global patient safety challenge 2007-08: Safe Surgery Saves Lives. Geneva: WHO, Available from URL: http://www.who.int/patientsafety/challenge/safe.surgery/en/ (accessed June 2010).
2. International Taskforce on Anaesthesia Safety 1993 International standards for a safe practice of anaesthesia Eur J Anaesthesiol 10 7 12 15
3. TG Weiser SE Regenbogen KD Thompson, et al. 2008 An estimation of the global volume of surgery: a modelling strategy based on available data Lancet 372 139 144 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60878-8 18582931
4. IA Walker IH Wilson 2008 Anaesthesia in developing countries-a risk for patients Lancet 371 968 969 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60432-8 18358913 (Pubitemid 351389519)
5. I Walker I Wilson D Bogod 2007 Anaesthesia in developing countries Anaesthesia 62 1 2 3 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05288.x 17937704 (Pubitemid 47609534)
6. N Gibbs P Rodoreda 2005 Anaesthetic mortality rates in Western Australia 1980-2002 Anaesth Intensive Care 33 616 622 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2MrlvFSktQ%3D%3D 16235480
7. AG McKenzie 1996 Mortality associated with anaesthesia at Zimbabwean teaching hospitals South African Medical Journal 86 338 342 1:STN:280: DyaK283kvFajtw%3D%3D 8693367
8. D Hansen SC Gausi M Merikebu 2000 Anaesthesia in Malawi: complications and deaths Trop Doct 30 146 149 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3cvitlClsA%3D%3D 10902471
9. AF Ouro-Bang'na Maman K Tomta S Ahouangbevi M Chobli 2005 Deaths associated with anaesthesia in Togo, West Africa Trop Doct 35 220 222 10.1258/004947505774938666 16354475 (Pubitemid 43105033)
10. JH Eichhorn 1989 Prevention of intraoperative anesthesia accidents and related severe injury through safety monitoring Anesthesiology 70 572 577 1:STN:280:DyaL1M7ptFKmug%3D%3D 10.1097/00000542-198904000-00002 2929993
11. JH Eichhorn JB Cooper DJ Cullen WR Maier JH Philip RG Seeman 1986 Standards for patient monitoring during anesthesia at Harvard Medical School JAMA 256 1017 1020 1:STN:280:DyaL283ot1SqtA%3D%3D 10.1001/jama.256.8.1017 3735628 (Pubitemid 16034138)
12. WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery (2009) Safe Surgery Saves Lives. WHO Press: World Health Organization, Geneva, Available from URL: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241598552-eng.pdf (accessed June 2010).
13. JH Eichhorn 1993 The standards formulation process Eur J Anaesthesiol Suppl 7 9 11 1:STN:280:DyaK2s3ms1amtw%3D%3D 9112049
14. International standards for a safe practice of anaesthesia. (1993) Eur J Anaesthesiol 10(7):1-42.
15. AB Haynes TG Weiser WR Berry, et al. 2009 A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population N Engl J Med 360 491 499 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD1MXht1Wku7w%3D 10.1056/NEJMsa0810119 19144931
16. A Enright A Merry 2009 The WFSA and patient safety in the perioperative setting Can J Anesth 56 8 13 10.1007/s12630-008-9001-x 19247772
17. Funk LM, Weiser TG, Berry WR, et al. Global operating theatre distribution and pulse oximetry supply: an estimation from reported data. Lancet 2010; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61345-8.
18. IA Walker AF Merry IH Wilson, et al. 2009 Global oximetry: an international anaesthesia quality improvement project Anaesthesia 64 1051 1060 1:STN:280:DC%2BD1MngvVGgtA%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06067.x 19735394
19. Eichhorn JH (1992) Influence of practice standards on anesthesia outcome. In: Desmonts JM (Ed.) Outcome After Anesthesia and Surgery. Bailliere's Clinical Anaesthesiology, International Practice and Research 10:663-90.
20. AF Merry JM Davies JR Maltby 2000 Qualitative research in health care Br J Anaesth 84 552 555 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3czgtlantQ%3D%3D 10844828
21. GC Smith JP Pell 2003 Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials BMJ 327 1459 1461 10.1136/bmj.327.7429.1459 14684649
22. AF Merry JH Eichhorn IH Wilson 2009 Extending the WHO 'Safe Surgery Saves Lives' project through Global Oximetry Anaesthesia 64 1045 1048 1:STN:280:DC%2BD1MngvVGgtg%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06104.x 19735392