The mission of the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety is to improve patient safety by reducing adverse events and malpractice claims through the application of currently available knowledge and technology. We believe that patient safety is healthcare’s ultimate “win-win”.
“Use and adherence with standardized processes for eligible patients leads to better clinical outcomes. The PPAHS PCA checklist lays out essential steps to be taken to initiate patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with a patient and to continue to assess that patient’s use of PCA. Following these steps will help to increase patient safety and save lives.”
“We have previously recommended the development of an action plan to implement effective physiological monitoring of patients on PCA therapy. As such, I would concur with the VHA recommendations on this [to use PCA pumps with integrated capnography].”