Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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International
●WFSA: Safer Anaesthesia From Education (SAFE) – Paediatric & obstetric anaesthesia pocket handbook (2015, revised 2016)
●WHO: Guidelines for safe surgery – Safe surgery saves lives (2009)
●WHO: Surgical safety checklist (2008, revised 2009)
Canada
●Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society (CAS): Guidelines to the practice of anesthesia, revised edition (2023)
United States
●American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA): Statement on surgical attire (2019, amended 2022)
●ASA: Statement on anesthetic care during interventional pain procedures for adults (2005, amended 2021)
●ASA: Statement on distractions (2015, amended 2020)
●ACS: Statement on patient safety in the operating room – Team care (2018)
●ASA: Statement on security of medications in the operating room (2003, amended 2018)
●SPA: Position statement on anesthesia and brain development in your child (2017)
●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on patient safety in the surgical environment (2010, reaffirmed 2014)
●ASA: Practice advisory for the prevention and management of operating room fires, update (2013)
●ASA: Practice alert for the perioperative management of patients with coronary artery stents (2009)
Europe
●ESA: Guidelines for the management of severe perioperative bleeding, first update (published 2017)
United Kingdom
●AAGBI: Recommendations for standards of monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery (2021)
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline for perioperative care in adults (2020)
●AAGBI: Checklist for draw-over anaesthetic equipment (2019)
●AAGBI: Guidelines for the peri-operative care of people with dementia (2019)
●AAGBI: Guidelines on controlled drugs in peri-operative care (2019)
●AAGBI and British Association of Day Surgery (BADS): Guidelines for day-case surgery (2019)
●AAGBI: Guidelines for peri-operative management of the surgical patient with diabetes (2015)
●AAGBI: Guidelines on fatigue and anaesthetists (2014)
●AAGBI: Safety guidelines for arterial line blood sampling – Preventing hypoglycaemic brain injury (2014)
●AAGBI: Safety guidelines for peri-operative care of the elderly (2014)
●AAGBI: Guidelines for checking anaesthetic equipment (2012)
●AAGBI: Drug and alcohol abuse amongst anaesthetists – Guidance on identification and management (2011)
Australia–New Zealand
●ANZCA: Guideline on fatigue risk management in anaesthesia practice (2020)
●ANZCA: Guideline for the perioperative care of patients selected for day stay procedures (2018)
●ANZCA: Statement on roles in anaesthesia and perioperative care (2015)
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