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Past Poll Results

Click on a poll title below to view the results of a past poll.

During the last three (3) years in your hospital or ambulatory OR, patient safety:

How frequently do medication errors (defined as "wrong dose, wrong drug, wrong timing, or wrong patient") occur in your anesthesia practice?

Who manages antiplatelet/anticoagulation therapy for patients undergoing major surgery with recent (< six months) implantation of drug-eluting coronary stents?

The one factor that you believe contributes most to intraoperative adverse events is:

What intensity of post-operative monitoring do you require after general anesthesia in a (extubated) patient with known OSA receiving i.v. narcotics via PCA?
[LOC = level of consciousness]

During general anesthesia in the OR, what is your current upper limit of glucose that triggers (intravenous bolus or infusion) insulin therapy?

Which drug (or drug class) accounts for the MOST adverse drug events during perioperative anesthesia care?

WHEN do most errors occur in patients having surgery?

What is the maximal duration an anesthesia provider be absent from clinical care before having to undergo mandatory, supervised, clinical retraining?

"When is it appropriate for music to be playing in the operating room?"

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Last updated: 02.07.2008

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