Update on the inclusion of COVID-19 specialist telehealth items for pain medicine and anaesthesia.

Joint winners announced for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Jeanette Thirlwell Best Paper Award.

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The prime minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG), James Marape, has warned that the country's health system will not be able to cope with the staggering number of cases emerging.

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A large scale trial by Monash University has definitively found a drug commonly used during anaesthesia before surgery to prevent nausea and vomiting does not increase the risk of a surgical wound infection as once feared.

The Alfred in Melbourne is the latest Australian hospital to stop using desflurane as an anaesthetic gas because of its greenhouse gas emissions.

Melbourne anaesthetist Dr Amanda Baric has received Mongolia's highest civilian award.

New this month: new safety alerts, webAIRS medication errors, Delirium Clinical Care Standard presentations, New Zealand hand hygiene compliance, Choosing Wisely preoperative pathology webinar, and Choosing Wisely Week 2022