We review the development of technology in anaesthesia over the course of the past
century, from the invention of the Boyle apparatus to the modern anaesthetic workstation …

Perioperative medication has made significant contributions to enhancing patient safety.
Nevertheless, administering medication during this period still poses considerable safety …

Objective To provide an overview of medication errors (MEs) in veterinary medicine, with a
focus on the perianesthetic period; to compare MEs in veterinary medicine with human …

Peri‐operative medication safety is complex. Avoidance of medication errors is both system‐
and practitioner‐based, and many departments within the hospital contribute to safe and …

Background Anaesthetic drug administration is complex, and typical clinical environments
can entail significant cognitive load. Colour-coded anaesthetic drug trays have shown …

The use of medicines in healthcare is safer and more effective than it has ever been, with
pharmacovigilance having been active in some form for over 150 years (1). Yet, in 2000 …

Abstract Introduction In alignment with China's national directive for improved drug
management in anesthesiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University initiated a …

Medication errors in anaesthesia remain a leading cause of patient harm. Compared with
conventional methods, use of the international colour-code standard on syringes and …

An increasing number of patients are receiving sedation or anaesthesia in locations outside
of the operating room. Compared with the operating room, anaesthesia providers working in …

Misreading labels, syringes, and ampoules is reported to make up a 54.4% of medication
administration errors. The addition of icons to medication labels in an operating room setting …