Recall: Cook Medical Fixed Core & Roadrunner Hydrophilic Wire Guides – compromised sterility
Breached seal in packaging of specific lot numbers of these wire guide devices means sterility is compromised, creating risk of infection in patients. Quarantine all unused devices and return to supplier.
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Glycine toxicity and TURP syndrome
ANZCA has been reminded of recent reports of adverse events related to use of glycine irrigation for TURP surgery
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Lifebox Australia and New Zealand
Lifebox Australia and New Zealand (Lifebox ANZ) is a joint, regional project developed to ensure access to life-saving monitoring during surgery, through the purchasing and distribution of pulse oximeters and capnographs to hospitals across the Asia Pacific region.
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CPD requirements for Rural Generalist Anaesthetists (RGAs)
In May 2023, the TC-RGA agreed that Rural Generalist Anaesthetists (RGAs) would be recommended to undertake the Continuing Professional Developement (CPD) program-level requirements identified in the ANZCA and FPM CPD standard.
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Anaesthetic incident reporting
We oversee a range of incident reporting activities in Australia and New Zealand, including mortality reporting and webAIRS, to ensure that we continue to be two of the safest countries in the world to undergo anaesthesia.
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ANZCA Global Development Committee funds and scholarships
The Global Development Committee offers and promotes scholarships and funding to support colleagues from low-middle income countries.
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Workforce and capacity building in Asia-Pacific
The college works alongside colleagues in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific nations to help build and support their workforce capacity though educational and support initiatives as guided by colleagues in-country.
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Professional documents
Our professional documents, statements and guidelines are crucial for promoting the safety and quality of patient care for those undergoing anaesthesia for surgical and other procedures and for those receiving pain medicine treatment.
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ANZCA Educator Competency Framework
The ANZCA Educator Competency Framework describes the competencies required of educators for specialty training.
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SCV alerts: Syringe filters Minisart NML / Ophthalsart recall, Magnus 1180 Operating Table Column de
Safer Care Victoria has shared a number of alerts for medical devices
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