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SPA Quality and Safety Committee

Chair: Priti G. Dalal, MBBS, MD, FRCA
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Vice-Chair: Anna Clebone, MD

 

Mission:
Strive continuously to improve QUALITY and SAFETY of care in Pediatric Anesthesia

Goals:

  • Promoting an environment of continuous process improvement
  • Identifying current key quality issues for Pediatric Anesthesia
  • Planning and implementing these changes/projects with endorsement from the SPA leadership

Activities and Projects:

Development of Pediatric Emergency checklists – by Checklist subcommittee

Integration and partnership with other SPA committees for quality related projects

Past and ongoing projects include:

  • Recommendations for peri-operative management of Diabetes mellitus in children
  • Radiation safety for Pediatric Anesthesiologists
  • COVID Pediatric Airway checklist
  • Intra-operative hand-off checklist
  • Postoperative apnea project
  • Pedi Crisis checklist
  • Pedi Crisis app

The Checklist subcommittee is chaired by Dr Anna Clebone.

Pedi Crisis 2.0 Critical Events Checklists Mobile App®

Critical Events Checklists

Upcoming Meeting Information

SPA 39th Annual Meeting
October 10, 2025
Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk
San Antonio, TX

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