Research Guides: Nurse Anesthetists: Patient Safety

Patient Safety Module

AccessSurgery Patient Safety Module
These online modules will provide you with an introduction to the core concepts of patient safety in an interactive and self-paced learning environment.
The current course includes three (3) modules: Handwashing, Understanding Error, and Communication Concepts. Hand Washing is the introductory module while the other two modules have chapters within them

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
The APSF's Mission is to improve continually the safety of patients during anesthesia care by encouraging and conducting safety research and education, patient safety programs and campaigns and national and international exchange of information and ideas.
NOTE: The Resource Center contains many links to other web resource, videos, guidelines, and brochures.
APSF Patient Safety Resources
APSF Patient Safety Videos
Includes titles such as:
-Operating Room Fire Safety Video
-Medication Safety Video
-Monitoring for Opioid-Induced Ventilatory Impairment (OIVI) Video
-Perioperative Visual Loss (POVL) Video
-Simulated Informed Consent Scenarios for Patients at Risk for Perioperative Visual Loss (POVL) Video
AHRQ Patient Safety Network
AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet) is a national web-based resource featuring the latest news and essential resources on patient safety. The site offers weekly updates of patient safety literature, news, tools, and meetings ("What’s New"), and a vast set of carefully annotated links to important research and other information on patient safety ("The Collection").
Capnography
An educational website dedicated to patient safety. It looks fake, but it is a good resource.