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The challenge

Perioperative point systems have a reputation: hard to integrate, thin on support, and dependent on informatics capacity most hospitals don't have spare. Those are fair tests — ask them of us.

Integration anxiety is rational

AIMS-type systems can be difficult to fit into existing infrastructure, and bolt-ons that don't talk to the EPR create new silos.

Support decides success

Limited vendor support and stretched informatics teams are the most common reasons adoption stalls or underperforms.

Implementation risk is real

Poor planning, data gaps and resilience failures in theatre undermine clinical confidence fast — and it rarely comes back.

What changes with SAFERsleep

A focused system with a clear job, a structured rollout, and a support model hospitals describe as genuinely responsive.

Structured implementation. Site installation is facilitated with project management, master databases and procedure templates — a defined path, not a blank page.
A connected patient journey. SAFERsleep PREOP data flows into SAFERsleep OR, so alerts, allergies and patient details are entered once and reused.
Designed for the theatre environment. Touch-screen workstation on the anaesthetic machine, barcode capture and resilient day-to-day operation in live clinical use.
Standards and security. Compliant with health regulatory and patient data security standards.

The evidence

SAFERsleep is one of the few anaesthesia medication-safety systems whose results have been measured and published in peer-reviewed clinical studies.

21%

lower overall error rate in a randomised clinical evaluation — mean errors fell from 11.6 to 9.1 per 100 administrations.

2m18s

to retrieve specified information from a SAFERsleep record, versus 3m 41s from conventional records.

More time

task analysis showed clinicians spent less time on record-keeping and more time observing patients.

Published evaluations of the system in live clinical use — evidence of reliable workflow performance, not lab conditions.

Your questions, answered

Q.How hard is this to integrate with our EPR and perioperative stack?

SAFERsleep is a focused anaesthesia system, not an EPR replacement. Integration scope is defined during implementation planning, with master databases and interfaces agreed before go-live — we'll walk your architects through it in a technical briefing.

Q.What support burden will this create for my team?

SAFERsleep carries the specialist load. Client departments cite responsive support and regular monthly service meetings where actions are tracked — the system is designed so informatics capacity isn't the bottleneck.

Q.How resilient is it in day-to-day use?

It runs at the anaesthetic machine through live lists in NZ and UK hospitals, and has done for years. Records remain printable and accessible, and the workflow degrades gracefully rather than blocking care.

Q.Will clinicians complain about speed or workflow mismatch?

Adoption is SAFERsleep's strongest suit: designed by anaesthetists, easy to learn, and popular enough that departments describe it as indispensable. Clinician resistance is the risk you don't carry on this one.

Implementation, de-risked

Project managed

A defined installation plan with project management, master databases and procedure templates supplied.

Training minimised

Intuitive design keeps training light, protecting theatre schedules during rollout.

Supported for the long term

Responsive vendor support with regular service reviews — monthly meetings, actions tracked to closure.

SAFERsleep is responsive and adaptable, listening to our needs and incorporating them where possible. Regular monthly meetings ensure actions are continually being addressed. SAFERsleep products are intuitive to use which means training is minimised. Their ease of use, reliability and ability to aid the workload of the anaesthetist has made them very popular in the department.

Dr Ian HarrisonDeputy Clinical Director Anaesthesia, Waitematā District Health Board

Information for other roles

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Anaesthetists

Safer medication practice and clearer records — without adding friction in theatre.

Patient Safety & Governance

Measurable medication-safety improvement, stronger traceability and audit-ready records.

Procurement & Finance

A defendable business case balancing safety, cost, supplier confidence and risk.

Executive & Board

A strategic, scalable safety and governance improvement for the whole perioperative pathway.

Deployable. Supportable. Not another silo.