New guidance on safe injection practice in hospitals emphasizes the importance of prefilled and labeled syringes

New guidance published in Anesthesia provides clear advice to reduce avoidable errors on all steps of the pathway involving injectable medications used routinely in anesthesia care. The guidance has been written by a working party of UK anesthesia experts that include Dr. Mike Kinsella, Honorary Consultant, Department of Anesthesia, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, Bristol, UK and Chair of the Working Party.