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A digest of college news coverage for November/December 2021

New this month: Foundation name change, research scholarship, updates on the new Environment and Sustainability Grant and the Patrons Emerging Investigator Research Award.

New this month: Safety alerts; ACSQHC Fact sheet on identification of neural route medicines, fluids and lines; Colour-coding for escalating criticality; New Zealand Sepsis Stocktake; ‘Fast Feed and Wrap’ to avoid anaesthesia for babies; and more.

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

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released a new standard on how to insert, maintain and remove peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) safely and effectively.

New this month: peripheral IV catheters standard endorsed; updated advice on surgery following AstraZeneca vaccine; ACHS Quality Improvement awards; WebAIRS update; and the latest safety alerts.

Through our Global Development Committee, the college has made a donation of £2500 to a WFSA appeal supporting hospitals in Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

The Australian government has recently announced that COVID-19 temporary MBS telehealth services will be extended until the end of 2021.

Congratulations to Christchurch anaesthetist Dr Wayne Morriss, who has been elected to President of the World Federation of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) alongside Professor Adrian Gelb from the University of California, San Francisco.