Safety & quality resources: Apps, podcasts & online lectures

The goal of this program is to improve safety scores and quality of care in anesthesiology.

This program aims to improve management of patients with vasodilatory shock, including optimising the dose of hydrocortisone in patients with septic shock, and the use of cytokine filters in clinical settings.

The goal of this program is to reduce patient falls in the operating room (OR).

The goal of this program is to improve quantitative monitoring of neuromuscular blockade.

This program aims to improve metrics for anesthesia and patient safety, and includes implementing strategies to balance patient safety with access, and integrating elements related to mortality and morbidity metrics.

This program aims to improve obstructive breathing patterns in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU)

This program aims to improve the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technology in anesthesia.

This program aims to improve infection control practices in the operating room, and examines control measures for pathogen transmission.

This program aims to reduce the risk for fires in the operating room, and includes appropriate methods for extinguishing fires.

The official podcast of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) is hosted by Alli Bechtel, MD, featuring the latest information and news in perioperative and anesthesia patient safety. The APSF podcast is intended for anesthesiologists, anesthetists, clinicians and other professionals with an interest in anesthesiology, and patient safety advocates around the world.

The Australian Society of Anaesthetists has been proudly supporting webAIRs since its inception. webAIRs is a web-based anaesthetic incident reporting system. Hopefully you manage to avoid incidents during your career but if you do have one, reporting them via webAIRS contributes to improving the safety of anaesthesia in Australia and New Zealand.

The Safety and Quality in Action podcast explores the experiences and insights from leaders in safety and quality. Previously known as the Guiding Principles of Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) meetings in action podcast, past seasons of the Clinical Excellence Commission podcast features conversations between clinicians discussing practical experiences and sharing their insights.