NYT reports:

Weevils floating in vials of heparin. Morphine cartridges that contain up to twice the labeled dose. Manufacturing plants with rusty tools, mold in production areas and — in one memorable case — a barrel of urine.


These recent quality lapses at big drug companies show that contamination and shoddy practices extend well beyond the loosely regulated compounding pharmacies that have attracted attention because of their link to an outbreak of meningitis.


In the last three years, six of ...

Researchers are using sophisticated and powerful new tools to develop and evaluate new anesthetic agents with important advantages over current drugs, according to a set of papers in the August issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia ...

Transmission of life-threatening bacterial infections can occur when health-care personnel do not adhere to Standard Precautions and instead use medication in containers labeled as single-dose or single-use for more than one patient (1). This report summarizes the investigation of two outbreaks of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection confirmed in 10 patients being treated for pain in outpatient clinics. In each outbreak, the use of single-dose or single-use vials (SDVs) for more than one patient was associated with infection ...

Additional data released in the American Society of Anesthesiologist's survey of more than 3,000 anesthesiologists reveals that more than two ...

In the midst of an anesthetic drug shortage, some physicians are turning to compound pharmacies rather than drug companies for supplies, according ...

Here are 3 pretty convincing articles. Whats your take?


Article #1:

Entire article can be read HERE

Prevention of succinylcholine-induced fasciculation and myalgia: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.
Schreiber JU, Lysakowski C, Fuchs-Buder ...

I'm writing to inform you of a near miss at our institution, a large community hospital. During my morning room set-up, I noticed a medication vial containing a white substance found on my anesthesia ...

September 15, 2011 — Clinicians should avoid using the antinausea drug ondansetron (Zofran, GlaxoSmithKline) in patients with congenital long QT syndrome because they run a particular risk for an abnormal and ...