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Abstract

There are a variety of distractions that can occur in the operating room during the induction of anesthesia. A review of the literature revealed that common distractions include noise, music, cell phones and pagers, production pressure, and unnecessary conversations. This project is part of a larger quality improvement project investigating anesthesia providers’ perceptions of the types and severity of distractions occurring during induction of anesthesia at three different surgery sites: a mid-sized suburban hospital, a level one trauma center, and an ambulatory surgery center. This project reports on identifying distraction severity and frequency in a mid-sized suburban hospital. An anonymous, electronic survey was distributed to physician anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), and student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs), at these three different clinical locations within a single health system asking providers to rate perceived frequency and severity of selected distractions using a modified Likert scale. At the mid-sized suburban hospital, participants ranked conversations as the most distracting item, with over 80% saying it was at least somewhat distracting. Staff exiting and enter the room and music were reported as the least distracting factors. There was no significant difference across the three different sites.

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