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Turning European patient safety research into practice After four years of European collaboration, the SAFEST project has reached the end of its Horizon Europe funding period. It leaves an evidence-based foundation for safer perioperative care, supported by practical recommendations, measurement tools, patient resources and approaches to implementation. SAFEST stands for Improving quality and patient SAFEty […]

Patient safety improves when teams have time to examine how work is really done, learn from colleagues and translate that learning into practical change. The ESAIC’s PRiPSAIC project (Peer Review in Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care) was developed to support exactly this approach. Peer review visits are not a substitute for outcome measurement […]

This article was sponsored by Philips. How predictive monitoring, advanced technology, and interdisciplinary collaboration can create a safer, more personalized, and human-centered perioperative care ecosystem The future of perioperative care is no longer a distant vision. Across Europe and beyond, advances in artificial intelligence (AI), predictive analytics, wireless monitoring, and digital health are transforming how […]

The publication of the Østergaard Declaration marks an important step in how we think about patient safety, recognising simulation as a strategic investment in safer patient care. As authors, our goal was to make a clear statement that simulation is no longer simply an educational technique – it is a patient safety intervention in its […]

Cognitive aids in everyday practice We are all aware of the fact that not only is “To err is human”, but also “To forget is human”. This has been scientifically proven: after extensive training for Advanced Cardiac Life Support – part of the routine business of anesthesiologists – 100% of participants passed the following exam, […]

Many anaesthesiologists will encounter an adverse event or near miss that stays with them. Albert Wu introduced the term “second victim” for clinicians harmed by such events.1 The term draws attention to clinicians’ suffering, without equating this with patient harm. In Scott and colleagues’ study, clinicians described self-doubt, loss of confidence, and disruption to their […]

The ESAIC Board, the ESAIC Patient Safety and Quality Committee, and its Patient Safety Partners have launched the ESAIC Ambassador’s Programme, inspired by ESAIC’s Safer Care to Save Lives (SCSL) curriculum. This curriculum contains a complete training path aimed at providing key knowledge on patient safety in acute settings: intensive care, anaesthesiology and perioperative care […]

Representatives from ESAIC’s Research and Communication teams joined the DITRAP consortium in Barcelona to launch a four-year Horizon Europe project exploring a novel preventive treatment and an artificial intelligence-based risk prediction tool for critically ill patients. Representatives from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) attended the DITRAP project kick-off meeting in Barcelona […]

Climate change poses an escalating threat to health worldwide.1,2 Anaesthesiology societies have therefore called for action to reduce the environmental impact of clinical care.3–6 Their recommendations include using regional anaesthesia and total intravenous anaesthesia where clinically appropriate and, when inhalational anaesthesia is required, favouring sevoflurane with minimal fresh gas flow. However, the extent to which […]