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Anesthesia

Gerald Zeitlin, MD, an anesthesiologist who has taught at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, has published a memoir highlighting advancements in anesthesia safety over the past 50 years, according to an MMDNewswire report.

PharMEDium has unveiled with the certiMED system, a solution designed to support medication safety and documentation in the operating room, according to a Sacramento Bee report.

Drug shortages have unfortunately become a routine occurrence in operating rooms in the past few years. The number of drug shortages tripled from 2005-2010, according to the FDA. Last year, 211 drug shortages were reported, and as of October this…

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Drug shortages have reached an all-time high in the United States, with little indication that the shortages will be remedied in the next year, according to an Industry Leaders Magazine report.

The average research participant does not have the reading ability to fully understand informed consent documents, creating vulnerability in what is intended to protect patients from abuse, according to an Anesthesiology News report.

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