Open AccessVanishing bowl of local anesthetics: A lesson for sterile labeling
Author(s) -
P L Narendra,
Prashant A Biradar,
Anil Nanjundeswara Rao
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.143166
Subject(s) - syringe , labelling , medicine , volatile anesthetic , anesthesia , drug labeling , anesthetic , drug , pharmacology , chemistry , biochemistry , psychiatry
It is well known that labelling is crucial in anesthetic practice. Syringe and drug preparation errors accounted for 452 (50.4%) incidents in the Australian Incident Monitoring Study database. We report a unique potential event of possible wrong route administration of medications where a bowl of local anaesthetics was mistakenly taken to the surgical trolley. This incident serves as lesson for practicing sterile labelling and identifying anaesthetic trolley.