Risk Management and Patient Safety
AANA Insurance Services has gathered the resources below to help members further the delivery of safe anesthesia and quality patient care.
Professional Practice
For specific practice-related questions, contact Professional Practice by phone at (847) 655-8870 or by email at practice@aana.com.
Risk Management
Risk Management
- Scope of Practice for CRNAs
- Considerations for Adding New Activities to Individual CRNA Scope of Practice
- Standards for Nurse Anesthesia Practice
- Standards for Office Based Anesthesia Practice
- MedPro Group: When Apology is Appropriate-and When it's Not
- MedPro Group: Pain Management Checklist
Professional Practice
- Practice management resources, including information about contracts, negotiations, and starting a business
- Ketamine Infusion Resources
- Take 5 with The Joint Commission: Confronting Infection Protection and Control (2014 Podcast)
- Take 5 with The Joint Commission: New TST Hand Hygiene Compliance Data Says it All (2013 Podcast)
Safe Injection Practice
- Infection Prevention and Control Resources
- Safe Injection Practices and Criminalization of Reuse
- Safe Injection Practices Education and Awareness Campaign
- Safe Injection Guidelines for Needle and Syringe Use
- Take 5 with The Joint Commission: Vial Safety (2014 Podcast)
Surgical Fires and Surgical Safety
- Recommendations to Reduce Surgical Fires and Related Patient Injury: FDA Safety Communication
- Professional Practice: Surgical Fires
- MedPro Group: Surgical Fires-Prevention and Safety
Patient Safety
Patient Safety
- Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis Preparedness and Treatment
- Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Obstetric Patient
- Patient Safety Fatigue, Sleep, and Work Schedule Effects Member Review
- MedPro Group: Case Study: Failure to Monitor Patient for Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Physician Implicated in Death Following Surgery
- Take 5 with The Joint Commission: The Commitment to Patient Safety (2015 Podcast)
- The Joint Commission: 2015 National Patient Safety Goals (2015)
- Medical Protective Checklist: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening
More Reading
More Reading
Please note: Legal Briefs are not intended as legal advice nor are they advice on the law of any state. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. Older articles are being presented for historical reference only.
Please be advised that legal and clinical standards and regulations are constantly evolving, and therefore, each practitioner is responsible for keeping up with the most current standards and regulations.
- MedPro Group: Claims Data Analysis for Anesthesiology
- Operating Room Fires The CRNA and The Deposition
- Legal Briefs, The Standard of Care:
- Eliminating Surgical Fires: A Team Approach
- Fire Safety in the Operating Room
- Infection Control Practices of Laryngoscope Blades: A Review of the Literature
- Emerging Evidence in Infection Control
- Data-driven Practice Improvement: The AANA Foundation Closed Malpractice Claim Study