Table 2.
Surgical team members’ experiences with near misses in the operating room
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Surgical team members’ profession |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experiences with: |
Anaesthetist |
NA |
Surgeon |
OR Nurse |
Total |
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|
(n = 50) |
(n = 66) |
(n = 91) |
(n = 68) |
(N = 275) |
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|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
P- |
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| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | valuea | |
|
Wrong patient in OR |
14 |
(28) |
36 |
(72) |
13 |
(20) |
53 |
(80) |
11 |
(12) |
80 |
(88) |
13 |
(19) |
55 |
(81) |
51 |
(19) |
224 |
(81) |
0.136 |
|
Uncertain of patient identity |
31 |
(62) |
19 |
(38) |
30 |
(46) |
36 |
(54) |
21 |
(23) |
70 |
(77) |
23 |
(34) |
45 |
(66) |
105 |
(38) |
160 |
(62) |
<0.001 |
|
Prepared for another procedure |
26 |
(52) |
24 |
(48) |
42 |
(64) |
24 |
(36) |
49 |
(54) |
42 |
(46) |
47 |
(69) |
21 |
(31) |
154 |
(60) |
111 |
(40) |
<0.001 |
|
Uncertain of correct site |
46 |
(92) |
4 |
(8) |
58 |
(88) |
8 |
(12) |
53 |
(58) |
38 |
(42) |
65 |
(96) |
3 |
(4) |
222 |
(81) |
53 |
(19) |
<0.001 |
| Wrong positioning of patient | 21 | (42) | 29 | (58) | 31 | (47) | 35 | (53) | 32 | (35) | 59 | (65) | 35 | (52) | 33 | (48) | 119 | (43) | 156 | (57) | 0.197 |
Abbreviations: NA Nurse anaesthetist, OR Operating room.
aP-value based on Pearson’s chi-squared test.
Surgical team members’ experiences with near misses in the operating room (wrong patient, uncertainty about correct patient and correct site, preparing for wrong procedure and positioning) at Haukeland University Hospital, Norway, 2009.