Following a successful six-month pilot, we’ve approved PG18(A) Appendix 1 in our professional document on anaesthesia monitoring.

All the answers to your ANZCA training fee questions.

New this month: safety alerts; Choosing Wisely transition, sugammadex and anaphylaxis; cosmetic surgery consultation; webAIRS reported incidents milestone.

New this month: Latest safety alerts; Medsafe guidelines update; Cookgas laryngeal masks recall; Fentanyl and suxamethonium ampoules packaging similarity; Paracetamol packets size reduction; WebAIRS

New this month: PPR guide launched; perpetual award honouring Dr Patricia Mackay established; smoking cessation study published; 2022 AMERS and AMEARA awarded.

New this month: bradycardia from oculocardiac reflex; new trauma model resource criteria; anticoagulation management error; reducing routine ICU coagulation tests; NZ advance care planning; safe healthcare for LGBTQIA+, asylum seeker and refugee communities; pain in newborns; ...

New this month: safety alerts; ranitidine supply suspension; reminder on serotonin syndrome; MBS telehealth services; WA end of life care; Vic duty of candour; events; and more.

New this month: cardiac implantable electronic device guidelines; bowtie diagram incident analysis; New Zealand healthcare-associated infections; ANZ Audits of Surgical Mortality; webinars, training and more.

New this month: Blood Matters report; webAIRS season’s greetings; new Aotearoa New Zealand perioperative mortality tools; Choosing Wisely transition update; VPCC annual report; and pholcodine.

A digest of college news coverage for February/March 2023