PPAHS Surveys help to provide information and data to help understand issues. Below are some surveys we have been involved in – some big, some small – all interesting.

First National Survey of Patient-Controlled Analgesia Practices 

• In early 2013, for the very first time, a national survey of hospitals was conducted to determine practices around patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps. With responses from hospitals from 40 states, the survey provides a baseline of information about
  1. the practices and standards currently followed by hospitals in PCA administration;
  2. the way hospitals view the role of technology in administration and monitoring of opioids; and,
  3. the technology, training and information healthcare providers think are important for greater patient safety in the future.
• For the infographic on this survey, please click here.

Survey at Society for Technology in Anesthesia annual meeting

• The Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA) is an international organization of physicians, engineers, students and others with an interest in anesthesia-related technologies.
• This survey was conducted with attendees at the session on alarm fatigue.
• For the article on the survey, please click here.

Survey on ASA Standards and APSF Recommendations

• This survey looks at how well physicians comply with anesthesia monitoring standards as recommended by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation.
• For the article by Becker’s ASC Review on the survey, please click here.