title: The European Board of Anaesthesiology recommendations for safe medication practice: First update.
abstract: These European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA) recommendations for safe medication practice replace the first edition of the EBA recommendations published in 2011. They were updated because evidence from critical incident reporting systems continues to show that medication errors remain a major safety issue in anaesthesia, intensive care, emergency medicine and pain medicine, and there is an ongoing need for relevant up-to-date clinical guidance for practising anaesthesiologists. The recommendations are based on evidence wherever possible, with a focus on patient safety, and are primarily aimed at anaesthesiologists practising in Europe, although many will be applicable elsewhere. They emphasise the importance of correct labelling practice and the value of incident reporting so that lessons can be learned, risks reduced and a safety culture developed.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Anaesthesia, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK (DW), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway (GB), Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Medicine, P.J. Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia (ST), Krompachy Agel Hospital, Krompachy (ST), Falck Zachranna a.s., Kosice, Slovakia (ST), Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimatology, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia (IV), Department of Perioperative Medicine, Pain Therapy, RRS and ICU, Chieti University Hospital, Chieti, Italy (FP), Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey (ZA), Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, Paris, France (DL), Department of Anesthesiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SAL), Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Lodz, Poland (TG), Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania (JS), Department of Intensive Care, University Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania (EC), Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, J.E. Purkinje University, Masaryk Hospital, Usti nad Labem (VC), Department of Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic (VC), Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (VC), Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden (JA), Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Baerum Hospital, Oslo, Norway (JM-O), Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta (CA), Clinical Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University Clinical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia (AS), Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna and Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Evangelical Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria (SK-L), Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (IR).
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Whitaker
authors.forename: Guttorm
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brattebø
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trenkler
authors.forename: Indulis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vanags
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petrini
authors.forename: Zuhal
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Aykac
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Longrois
authors.forename: Stephan Alexander
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Loer
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gaszynski
authors.forename: Jurate
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sipylaite
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Copaciu
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cerny
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Akeson
authors.forename: Jannicke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mellin-Olsen
authors.forename: Carmel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abela
authors.forename: Adela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stecher
authors.forename: Sibylle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kozek-Langenecker
authors.forename: Indrek
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authors.lastname: Rätsep
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000592:standards*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards; D004348:Drug Labeling / Q000592:standards; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*