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Chapter 8: Guidelines for the Provision of Regional Anaesthesia Services 2024
All drugs required for safe delivery of anaesthesia, including emergency drugs, should be available.
Chapter 8: Guidelines for the Provision of Regional Anaesthesia Services 2024
Lipid emulsion therapy should be easily accessible near all clinical locations where local anaesthetics are being administered.
Chapter 8: Guidelines for the Provision of Regional Anaesthesia Services 2024
Robust systems should be in place to ensure reliable medicines management, stock review and supply, expiry checks, and access to appropriately trained pharmacy staff to manage any medicine shortages.
Chapter 8: Guidelines for the Provision of Regional Anaesthesia Services 2024
All staff involved in the prescribing, dispensing, preparing, administering and monitoring of LA infusions must be appropriately trained with access to resources on safe preparation and administration of LA drugs and access to a pharmacy service for advice.40
Chapter 8: Guidelines for the Provision of Regional Anaesthesia Services 2024
Electronic or paper copies of patient records should be available at all sites prior to the procedure. Patient data should be updated in a timely manner after performing the regional block.41
Chapter 8: Guidelines for the Provision of Regional Anaesthesia Services 2024
Patients undergoing regional anaesthesia should be assessed and preoperative investigations carried out as appropriate.42
Chapter 8: Guidelines for the Provision of Regional Anaesthesia Services 2024
There should be arrangements or standing orders in place for agreed preoperative laboratory investigations. Support from laboratories or clinical testing services for risk assessment and optimisation of patients, will maximise the use of regional anaesthesia.42