Safety and quality monthly update - December
New this month: Safer Care Victoria – Diathermy Clinical Practice Point; ISO Review of ISO Standard for User-applied labels; webAIRS news.
Safer Care Victoria – Diathermy Clinical Practice Point
SCV has published a clinical practice point about managing fire risk during diathermy use when supplemental oxygen is administered.
ISO Review of Standard for User-applied labels for syringes used during anaesthesia
ISO 26825:2020 User-applied labels for syringes containing drugs used during anaesthesia (2nd ed.) is undergoing a 5-yearly review.
The document gives requirements for labels attached to syringes so that the contents can be identified just before use during anaesthesia. It covers the colour, size, design and general properties of the label and the typographical characteristics of the wording for the drug name.
To note, in Australia, the ACSQHC National Standard for User-applied Labelling of Injectable Medicines, Fluids and Lines (the Labelling Standard) expands on the requirements of the ISO Standard and is also currently under review.
For more information about the review of the ISO Standard and how you may contribute, please email us.
webAIRS news
This year has been a busy one for webAIRS analyses and many of these will continue into 2026.
WebAIRS incident data is being analysed for more than twenty topics covering key patient safety issues such as anaphylaxis, awake flexible intubation, communication and teamwork and emergency tracheostomy.
Dr Yasmin Endlich, Medical Director of ANZTADC, works closely with all webAIRS analysers and would like to hear your ideas if you have a passion for patient safety informed by incident data analysis.
If you are interested in joining our team in 2026 contact [email protected]
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