APSF Newsletter, Fall 2012
Dear SIRS: I am very curious why new machines have a flow that is below “basal metabolic needs.” Here are specifications for a number of different anesthesia machines to make…
APSF Newsletter, Fall 2011
I am being asked to consider reusable anesthesia breathing circuits with Pall filters. Searching the APSF Newsletter, I found several questions regarding this topic in the Spring 09 issue. Some…
APSF Newsletter, Spring 2011
I would like to report the sudden inability to provide manual positive pressure ventilation while using a Dräger Fabius GS anesthesia machine (Dräger, Lubeck, Germany). After completion of the anesthesia…
APSF Newsletter, Summer 2010
We noticed yellowing of the desflurane in the site glass of the Dräger (D-Vapor) desflurane vaporizer some time ago. We stopped using it completely and notified our hospital Baxter representative….
APSF Newsletter, Summer 2010
Our department was recently contacted to investigate a possible issue in the Datascope AS3000 Anesthesia System (Mindray North America, Mahwah, NJ), which is one of the manufacturers of anesthesia machines…
APSF Newsletter, Spring 2010
GE has proposed “approved” changes to their default ventilator settings on our Aisys anesthesia machines which set the CO2 and/or Apnea default alarms to OFF when in the manual ventilation…
