APSF Medication Safety

APSF is advocating a new paradigm that we believe could lead to predictable and prompt improvements in medication safety in the operating room. This new paradigm, if adopted, would likely incorporate some or all of the following features (STPC).
• Standardization (drugs, concentrations, equipment)
• Technology (drug identification and delivery, automated information systems)
• Pharmacy (satellite pharmacy, premixed solutions and prefilled syringes whenever possible)
• Culture (recognition and reporting of drug errors to reduce recurrences)