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dc.contributor.authorDoane M [editor]en_US
dc.contributor.authorDelos Santos Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorGardner Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorLaw Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorDoane M [editor]en_US
dc.date2025-11-11-
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-16T04:03:59Z-
dc.date.available2025-09-16T04:03:59Z-
dc.date.issued2025-11-11-
dc.identifier.isbn9780645147247en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11055/1374-
dc.descriptionWorldwide, there are drug and equipment shortages across high-, middle-, and low-income countries, affecting many areas of medicine. Most recently, the shortage of intravenous fluids, and in the recent past, shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), propofol (in 2014, 2020, 2021, 2025) and remifentanil (ongoing since 2022), have impacted anaesthesia practice in Australia and New Zealand. Both Australia (through the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)) and New Zealand (through the Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe)) have strict regulatory processes for assessing, monitoring and licensing of medications, which ensure the highest safety standards for medication usage. However, these appropriately stringent standards may cause issues when medication shortages occur and there is a need to access other medications or formulations. In this chapter, we will look at how medication shortages may more significantly impact the provision of anaesthesia than other medical disciplines, the causes of medication shortages, the potential clinical and ethical problems of medication shortages, and mitigation strategies when shortages occur.en_US
dc.publisherAustralian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetistsen_US
dc.titleAustralasian anaesthesia 2025: invited papers and selected continuing education lecturesen_US
dc.title.alternativeAnaesthesia medication shortages in Australia and New Zealanden_US
dc.typeBook Chapteren_US
dc.type.contentTexten_US
dc.publisher.placeMelbourneen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.60115/11055/1374en_US
dc.type.specialtyAnaesthesiaen_US
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