| A three-decade perspective on anesthesia safety. | |
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PMID: 17120937 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Modern medical practice, and particularly that within the hospital environment, has been under intense scrutiny in an attempt to improve patient safety and optimize outcomes. Anesthesiology has been cited as among the most successful specialties effecting improvements. According to the Institute of Medicine's 1999 report, To Err is Human, "... anesthesiology has successfully reduced anesthesia mortality rates from two deaths per 10,000 anesthetics administered, to one death per 200,000 to 300,000 anesthetics administered." The current report reviews representative highlights from 30 years of progress in improving anesthesiology safety and offers a speculative synthesis of the factors critical to past and future successes. The seven identified points include 1) the emergence of a champion and his allies, 2) initial efforts to identify and quantify broad-reaching problems, 3) research addressing intellectually "amusing" problems of relevance to practitioners, 4) reaching out to others with focused expertise in problem prevention and problem solving, 5) sharing the responsibility for quality and safety improvement with other specialties, 6) expanding buy-in and participation within the anesthesia community, and 7) preparing for the future. The factors provide not only an accounting of anesthesiologists' successes, but also a road map for other groups and specialties desiring to emulate the anesthesiologists' experience. |
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Authors:
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William L Lanier |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American surgeon Volume: 72 ISSN: 0003-1348 ISO Abbreviation: Am Surg Publication Date: 2006 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-11-22 Completed Date: 2006-12-05 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370522 Medline TA: Am Surg Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 985-9; discussion 1021-30, 1133-48 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. |
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Anesthesia
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standards* Anesthesiology / trends Humans Safety |
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