Guidelines for safety and quality in anaesthesia practice in the European Union*

Abstract

Anaesthesia is a medical specialty that is particularly concerned with the safety of the patient who is undergoing a surgical procedure. This is a prerequisite in order to provide quality of care, which is based on good clinical practice, on a sound organization, on an agreement on best practice and on adequate communication with other healthcare workers involved. Providing a safe environment for those working in healthcare is at least as important as other factors serving that objective. A working party on Safety and Quality in Anaesthesiological Practice in the Section and Board of Anaesthesiology of the European Union of Medical Specialists (EUMS/UEMS) has prepared guidelines that were amended and approved recently.

GHIDURI UEMS

Ghiduri de siguranţă şi calitate în practica anesteziei în Uniunea Europeană 

Secţia şi Comisia de Anesteziologie¹, Uniunea Europeană a Medicilor Specialişti
Grupul de lucru asupra siguranţei şi calităţii îngrijirilor medicale: J. Mellin-Olsen¹, E. O’Sullivan², D. Balogh³, L. Drobnik⁴, J.T.A. Knape⁵, F. Petrini⁶, L. Vimlati⁷

¹Asker and Baerum Hospital HA, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Rud, Norway; ²Departament of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; ³Universitäts Klinik Innsbruck, Klinik für Anästhesie und allgemeine Intensiv Medizin, Anichstrasse, Innsbruck, Austria; ⁴University of Medical Sciences, Clinical Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Ul. Prybyszewskiego, Poznan, Poland; ⁵University Medical Center Utrecht, Division of Perioperative Care and Emergency Care, Department of Anaesthesiology, Utrecht, The Netherlands; ⁶G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti – Pescara, Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency Department, Chieti, Scalo, Italy; 7Szeged University, Department of Anesthesia, Pécsi u., Szeged, Hungary

Jurnalul Român de Anestezie Terapie intensivă 2008, Vol.15, Nr.1, 66-69