RT Book, Section
A1 Schulz-Stübner, Sebastian
A1 Pottinger, Jean M.
A1 Coffin, Stacy A.
A1 Herwaldt, Loreen A.
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 1141731812
T1 Infection Control in Regional Anesthesia
T2 Hadzic's Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071717595
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141731812
RD 2024/04/24
AB Infectious  complications  related  to  regional  anesthesia  are  rare.  Because  most  of  the  information  is  available  in  case  reports  and  retrospective  surveys,  it  is  likely  that  these  complications  are  underreported.  It  is  hoped  that  recent  surveillance1  and  prospective  registry  projects2  using  standardized  surveillance  definitions  and  the  integration  of  such  in  national  quality  assurance  projects  (American  Society  of  Regional  Anesthesia  [ASRA]  Acute-POP/AQI)3  will  generate  more  comprehensive  data  for  risk  assessment  and  evaluation  of  infection  control  recommendations  in  the  future.  Integration  of  a  structured  surveillance  tool  into  the  electronic  medical  record  and  a  hospital’s  quality  management  system4  will  ease  the  workload  for  clinicians  and  facilitate  surveillance  compliance  (Table  16–1).