March 2024
A guest blog by Dr Philip Barclay (chair of the Safety Committee at the Association of Anaesthetists and Clinical Director of Anaesthetics at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) at the Patient Safety Commissioner website discussing the universal provision of pre-filled syringes.
“The one thing I would therefore like to see to improve patient safety in anaesthesia is that pre-filled syringes of essential anaesthetic drugs are available in every NHS hospital, all of the time.”