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Guidelines

Stop Before You Block

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A joint advisory release by the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group (SALG) and Regional Anaesthesia UK (RAUK).

With thanks to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

STOP BEFORE YOU BLOCK CAMPAIGN

We introduce a national patient safety initiative called Stop Before You Block. The campaign is aimed at reducing the incidence of inadvertent wrong-sided nerve block during regional anaesthesia.

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Joint Neuroaxial Connector statement

The introduction of new neuraxial connectors into the NHS (October 2011)

neuroaxialA Position Statement from:

  • The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
  • The Royal College of Anaesthetists
  • The Obstetric Anaesthetistsí Association
  • Regional Anaesthesia UK
  • The Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Royal College of Anaesthetists Patient Liaison Group

 

Read the guidance here.

Performance of local and regional techniques by non-physician practitioners

Performance of local and regional techniques by non-physician practitioners (June 2010)

RA-UK position statement on the performance of local and regional techniques by non-physician practitioners.

Read the guidance here.