APSF
Wiretap Laws: Relevance to Clinical Practice and Patient Safety
Here, we summarize the various states’ wiretap laws and the remedies or punishments that can be exacted for ...
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
APSF Anesthesia Monitoring Statement Enhances Patient Safety
The APSF has issued four recommendations for patient monitoring during anesthesia that further bolster patient ...
APRIL 25, 2022
ASA, APSF Call for COVID-19 Testing for Elective Surgery Regardless of Vaccine Status
The ASA and APSF released new guidance urging the reinstatement of pre-op polymerase chain reaction testing for ...
AUGUST 5, 2021
ASA, APSF Release New Guidance on Surgery for Patients After COVID-19
The ASA and APSF have issued new guidance for surgery in patients who have had COVID-19.
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Updated ASA, APSF, AAAA and AANA Joint Statement on PPE Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
The new recommendations state that anesthesia providers should wear N95 masks in all diagnostic therapeutic and ...
MARCH 24, 2020
Dispute Over the Distribution of the WHO Anesthesia Safety Standards Strains APSF and AANA Relationship
A dispute between the APSF and the AANA over the publication of a summary of the WHO’s anesthesia practice ...
MARCH 27, 2019