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Modernization of anesthesia delivery equipment and monitoring, as well as improvements in provider training, has led to a decline in reportable adverse events in the Anesthesia Closed Claims database. Anesthesia providers should be trained on the recognition and management of common equipment failures to reduce the risk of patient injury. Training should occur through a combination of studied learning, on-site training, and simulation training. Anesthesia providers should be competent in performing all aspects of the pre-anesthesia machine checklist and be aware of common equipment problems, the risk of patient injury, how to react when equipment failure occurs, and how to best prevent equipment from happening in the first place or resulting in patient harm.
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Homra, B., Clark, A. (2019). Equipment Problems. In: Fox, III, C., Cornett, E., Ghali, G. (eds) Catastrophic Perioperative Complications and Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96125-5_21
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