Damaged barrels may admit air. Check all devices before, during and after use, and report any defective devices discovered.

Recall in Australia of certain lot numbers of Medtronic endotracheal tubes, after a shipment may have been exposed to fungicide.

The centralised trainee tutorial program is an exciting initiative introduced in 2021 to provide all pain medicine trainees with access to a formalised teaching program and regular opportunities to engage with other trainees.

In 2023 ANZCA commissioned tohunga Mark Kopua (Te Atianga a Hauiti) to create this special karakia to provide pre-surgery comfort to patients and their families and whānau.

The Patient Clinical Interaction Assessment (PCIA) is being introduced in 2025 to address the gap left when the patient clinical interaction was removed from the medical viva (in 2020).

You don't need to be a FANZCA or FFPMANZCA to join our world-class online CPD program. If you're a registered medical practitioner, you can sign up as a non-fellow.

Anaesthetists are specialist doctors with unique clinical knowledge and skills. They have a major role in the perioperative care of surgical patients.

LINK Healthcare has advised that, due to a shortage of Australian registered DBL GENTAMICIN 10mg/1mL (as sulfate) injection BP ampoule (AUST R 16339), LINK has arranged the supply of an alternative product REFOBACIN (gentamicin) 10mg (10 mg/2mL) ampoules, registered and market...

Yellow substance described in Getinge Sevoflurane Quik-Fil Vaporizer for Flow Family Anaesthesia system, likely hydrogen fluoride. Possible harms include respiratory irritation or in worst case lung oedema and/or severe hypocalcaemia.

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