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dministering medications in the OR is wrought with chal-
lenges thanks to the patient's rapidly changing condition and
constant distractions occurring in a fast-paced, high-pressure
environment. Not to mention that anesthesia providers are solely
responsible for verifying, preparing and administering drugs. That
unsupervised process is necessarily efficient and nimble, but devoid
of the double-checks that can protect patients from medication harm.
That's why we created the anesthesia medication template, a simple,
low-cost tool that fits on top of the anesthesia cart to create a stan-
dardized layout where providers can stage and easily identify drug-
filled syringes.
Every Syringe in its Place
Here's a novel way to keep medications organized on the anethesia cart.
Anesthesia Alert
Eliot Grigg, MD
• SPOT CHECK The medication template has integrated wells designated for syringes containing high-risk medications.
Axel
Roesler,
PhD,
MFA
