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The American Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists designates this enduring material for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ program and MOCA^® are registered trademarks of The American Board of Anesthesiology^®. MOCA 2.0^® is a trademark of the American Board of Anesthesiology^®.

This activity contributes to the patient safety CME requirement for the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s (ABA) redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ (MOCA^®) program, known as MOCA 2.0^®. Please consult the ABA website for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

After completing this activity, the learner will be able to:

Describe the magnitude and impact of errors in anesthesiology patient care.
Identify factors and barriers that affect communication between healthcare professionals and patients.
List patient safety terms and concepts associated with preventing and analyzing errors.
State the beliefs, attitudes, and characteristics that are necessary when establishing and sustaining a safety culture.
Prepare drug error prevention strategies to medication processes in the perioperative setting.

All members of the anesthesia care team.

Deborah Schwengel, MD, MEHP

Keith J. Ruskin, MD, FASA

Alexander Arriaga, MD, MPH, ScD

Jeffrey A. Green, MD, MSHA, FASA

Scott C. Watkins, MD

Jonathan B. Cohen, MD, MS, FCCP, CPPS

Senthil Sadhasivam, MD, MPH, MBA, FASA

Alexander Arriaga, MD has disclosed funded research (self) with the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation/Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research and honoraria with the American Board of Anesthesiology (self). Jeffrey Green, MD, MSHA, FASA has disclosed consulting fees (self) and honoraria (self) with Medtronic and honoraria (self) with the American Board of Anesthesiology. Scott Watkins, MD has disclosed funded research (self) from Pfizer. All other authors, editors, and staff have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. All relevant financial relationships for the planners of this activity have been mitigated.

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