Background Anaesthetic procedures are complex and subject to human error. Interventions
to alleviate medication errors include organised syringe storage trays, but no standardised …

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

Drug errors in the anaesthetic domain remain a serious cause of iatrogenic harm. To help
reduce this issue, we explored the potential safety impact of using a simple colour‐coded …

Objective To clinically evaluate a new patented multimodal system (SAFERSleep) designed
to reduce errors in the recording and administration of drugs in anaesthesia. Design …

January 2018• Volume 126• Number 1 www. anesthesia-analgesia. org 347 anesthesia
advocates remain of wholesale removal of color from medications in the hopes that it will …

Medication harm is the greatest cause of preventable harm: about 6% of patients suffer
preventable harm and incidents related to drugs are the greatest cause, representing 25% of …

The increasing complexity of patient monitors and data displays in the operating theatre
places increasing cognitive demands on clinicians. Greater cognitive demands can lead to …

Objective Several factors contribute to medication errors in clinical practice settings,
including the design of medication labels. The objective of this study was to quantify the …

APSF NEWSLETTER February 2019 PAGE 73 we would expect substantially lower rates of
medication errors in hospital units where colorcoding is not used. Yet, errors continue to …

There have been many reported adverse incidents due to syringe driver use, most of which
have been attributable to human error. In this paper we present a previously unreported, but …